&Quot;New World Order&Quot;

A Macedonian military man appears to be one of the driving forces behind a network of fake news websites that reached millions of people with articles often inciting hatred against muslims and migrants. Together with friends and family he has been spreading his messages via Facebook and Twitter. Sometimes under their own names, sometimes using fake identities. A look behind…

Did Angela Merkel say states must give up sovereignty to the "New World Order"? No, that's not true: while Merkel did call on states to surrender some sovereignty she did not mention a "New World Order" and she stressed the importance of parliamentary approval for this process. The article making the claim also contained several other doctored or made up…

Did "Belgian patriots" rise up and overthrow the Belgian Government for signing the UN Global Compact on Migration? No, that's not true. The Belgian cabinet did fall and it was over support for the UN pact but there was no "uprising" (just a demonstration of about 5,500 people) and most people marching in it would be offended to be described…

Was the "EU Army" deployed to the streets of Paris to "crush" the "French Revolution" this weekend? No, that's not true: the claim came from a notoriously unreliable website that tries to make money by luring in people with explosive headlines that often misrepresent what actually happened in order to earn money with advertising. It is not true. The story…

Did German chancellor Angela Merkel say that U.S. President Donald Trump has almost destroyed "The New World Order"? No, that's not true: a notoriously unreliable website misquoted Merkel based on a year-old news article. She never said it. The story originated from an article published by NewsPunch (formerly YourNewsWire) on December 7, 2018 titled "Angela Merkel: Trump Has Almost Destroyed…

Did President Donald Trump unveil right-wing Infowars talk show host Alex Jones as his pick for Supreme Court Justice? No, that's not true: even though the President can in theory nominate anybody he wants, no nomination has been made at the time of writing and the news about Jones being proposed came from a Christian-themed satire website. It is not…

Did Pope Francis call on US authorities to disarm the population and confiscate all weapons? No, that's not exactly true: the claim comes from a website that consistently takes a bit of real news and then twists it by adding an inflammatory headline and some invented facts in order to get easily excited people to click on it so they…

Well known fake/satire website World News Daily Report published a story titled "Man hospitalized after boyfriend's fist gets stuck in his anus" about two men named Mathew Cunning and Hernando Iglesias who supposedly got injured during the act of making love. The article opened: San Mateo, CA | A Californian man is being treated at the San Mateo Medical Center…