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Were 20 Catholic priests who were killed in a plane crash in Cuba connected to a Vatican pedophile ring? No, that's not true: the site making the claim has a habbit of taking bits and pieces of real news articles and adding invented claims in the headline and first paragraphs in order to attract traffic and advertising revenue. The claim…

Is CNN permanently closing its doors after a ratings plunge of 30%? No, that's not true: the "news" comes from a website that habitually takes bits and pieces of real news articles and then adds a false or exaggerated headline to it in order to attract clicks and advertising money. The CNN story originated from an article published on May…

Was 22-year-old pedophile Daniel Davey found dead in his cell with his testicles removed? No, that's not true and has been debunked before but the hoax just resurfaced on another website that likes to embellish real news stories with unsupported facts and blood-pressure raising headlines. Although in this case it seems to be mostly copy pasta. The copied story was…

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…

Did Governor Jerry Brown of California outlaw homelessness? No, that's not exactly true. A website known for taking real bits of news from other sites and then adding a headline and a few paragraphs of unsupported facts to spice things up has been at it again. Their goal appears to be profit driven, it looks like they want to get…

Is North Korea opening the door for Christian missionaries and aid groups? No official announcement about this has been made despite what a false headline from a site known for mixing real news with made up headlines containing unsupported claims is trying to get you to believe. The claim appeared in an article published on May 3, 2018 on YourNewsWire…

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…

Was a DJ at an Ibiza nightclub beaten up after playing the Luis Fonsi hit "Despacito" for the tenth time? No, satisfying as it would be, the story is not true. It originated on a satire website, the news was fake. The story originated with an article published on April 10, 2018 by There Is News titled "Nightclub DJ beaten…

Is California governor Jerry Brown preparing to ban sales of the bible? No, that's not true. The claim was made by a website that habitually takes some real news and then adds a few paragraphs and an inflammatory headline to make it sound much, much worse than what is really going on in order to get people to click and…

Is there a video named "Frazzledrip" circulating on the dark web that shows Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin raping and slicing the face off a young girl and then drinking her blood? No, that's complete nonsense, no such video exists and the screenshots conspiracy websites are circulating as proof are not real. We became aware of the rumors via an…