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As news of the retaliatory airstrikes from Iran on Iraq's Ain Assad Air Base spread around the world the evening of January 7, 2020, fake stories and falsely attributed photos also began to surface on social media. One photo from 2019 has been put forward by many sources, including the Islamic Republic News Agency, claiming to show the actual attacks…

UPDATE: Iran announced on January 7, 2020, that the country had attacked bases in Iraq where U.S. forces are stationed. This attack did not occur on January 3, 2020, as claimed in the fake story below. Iran said the attack was in retaliation for the killing by the U.S. of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a top Revolutionary Guards commander. UPDATE…

Did the news media ignore Jeffrey Epstein's flight manifests, including those concerning Bill Clinton, even after President Donald Trump told them to look? No, that's not true: Reporters wrote stories about former President Bill Clinton's travel on Epstein's plane more than four years before President Trump suggested it. The documents showed Clinton flying on Epstein's jet at least 26 times,…

Did U.N. resolution #2334 require Israel to give the Golan Heights to ISIS? No, that's not true: a staunchly pro-Israel blog that seems to contain articles that are mostly copy pasted together from other sources embedded a video making that claim but it is not true. The resolution in question does not even mention the Golan Heights or the return…

Did the recently deceased Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen promise to leave $10,000 to everybody who shares a post on Facebook? No, that's not true: satirical website The Onion came up with a bit of posthumous humor mocking several Microsoft-related chain emails that have been going around on the Internet forever. The satirical piece originated from an article published by The…

Did Breitbart's editor-in-chief Alexander Mason Marlow say the site will not release the names of the dead and wounded in the Santa Fe High School shooting in order not to give them what they want? No, that's not true: the "news" was invented by satirical outlet The Onion to make fun of Breitbart's pro-gun reporting in general. The story originated…

Did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu call for a return to the ancient homeland of Iran by the Jewish people? No, that's not true. The story originated from a well known satire site that posted the article to make fun of Israel's settlement policy on the West Bank of the Jordan river. Many people in the Middle Eeast are probably…

Did Congress call for the immediate arrest of John Kerry for treason? No, that's not true. A website known for adding alarming clickbait headlines containing fake information to mostly copy pasted stories about real news events is at it again. They took a single ironic tweet from a congressman and turned it into something that is definitely not real. The…

In a familiar pattern well known hoax website YourNewsWire has taken a rumor from two years ago and turned it into a definite statement of fact with an article titled "Obama Announces Bid To Become UN Secretary General" which was published February 23rd 2018 (archived here). The article opened: Barack Obama has announced plans to become secretary general of the…

A fake/satire website named Freedum Junkshun posted an article titled "BREAKING: Illegal Muslim From Iran Arrested For Starting California Wildfire" which opened: The California wildfires devastated the northern part of the state. Police initially arrested one suspect but released him after an investigation was conducted because the investigation led them to the actual person responsible for the fires: a 23-year-old…