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  • Fake News: Pope Did NOT Bow Down To The Order Of The Illuminati, Kiss Feet And Hands

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    Did Pope Francis bow down to the "Order of the Illuminati" and kiss their hands and feet? No, that's not true: The Pope kissed the feet of once-warring Sudanese leaders in the hopes of urging them not to return to a civil war. The video being shared contained false captions and ascribed the actions to a "secret world government" conspiracy…

    • Jan 20, 2020
    • by: Ryan Cooper
  • Fake News: The Pope Does NOT Want You to Pray for a One World Religion

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    Does the Pope want you to pray for a "One World Religion"? No, that's not true: a 2016 video that suddenly went viral in 2019 after being shared in several Facebook groups and on several Facebook pages uses clips from a 2016 video of the Pope asking people to pray for dialogue between people of different faiths and claims that…

    • Dec 4, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: The Pope Does NOT Want You to Pray for a One World Religion
  • Fake News: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Approve $1 Million Expense Accounts For Any Rep That Votes For Impeachment

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    Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offer an extra $1 million expense account to any member of congress who votes for the Trump impeachment? No, that's not true: The claim that Speaker Pelosi offered a financial bribe for impeachment support was published as satire by a known and well-labeled satire website. Unfortunately, more than a few readers see the fake headline,…

    • Nov 20, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Nancy Pelosi Did NOT Approve $1 Million Expense Accounts For Any Rep That Votes For Impeachment
  • Fake News: No Evidence Hillary Clinton Killed Jeffrey Epstein And She Did Not Admit It

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    Is there any evidence that Hillary Clinton killed Jeffrey Epstein and did the former secretary of state declare that she did it? No, that's not true: Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on August 10, 2019 in a federal prison cell in New York, where he was being held pending prosecution for child sex trafficking charges. The medical examiner determined that…

    • Nov 19, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: No Evidence Hillary Clinton Killed Jeffrey Epstein And She Did Not Admit It
  • Fake News: LeBron Did NOT Tell NBA To "Dump The Anthem Or I'll Quit"

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    Did LeBron James tell the NBA in a letter from his lawyer that he will quit playing if the National Anthem continues to be played? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually…

    • Nov 8, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: LeBron Did NOT Tell NBA To "Dump The Anthem Or I'll Quit"
  • Fake News: Malia Obama Did NOT Have 24 Classmates Expelled For Praying On Campus

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    Did Malia Obama have 24 classmates expelled for praying on campus? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run fake news websites.…

    • Nov 7, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Malia Obama Did NOT Have 24 Classmates Expelled For Praying On Campus
  • Fake News: UN Did NOT Award Obama "Leader of the Century Award"

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    Did the United Nations award Barack Obama the "Leader of the Century Award" for the 4th time straight? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are…

    • Nov 2, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: UN Did NOT Award Obama "Leader of the Century Award"
  • Fake News: Pelosi Did NOT Say "Americans Are The Stupidest People On Earth"

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    Did Nancy Pelosi say "Americans are the stupidest people on Earth" while caught on a hot mic? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to manipulate Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently…

    • Oct 23, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Pelosi Did NOT Say "Americans Are The Stupidest People On Earth"
  • Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Say God Will Abandon America If Trump Is Re-elected

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    Did Pope Francis Say God will abandon America if President Donald Trump is re-elected? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to mislead Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by foreign-run…

    • Oct 21, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Say God Will Abandon America If Trump Is Re-elected
  • Fake News: First Vagina Scented Air Freshener NOT Launched Onto Market By OlorPur

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    Did Spanish company OlorPur just launch a vagina-scented air freshener onto the marked and were they first with it? No, that's not true: the story was put out by a Spanish humor website as a joke but many people believed to be real. Note that several vagina scented products do in fact exist and are sold but none of them…

    • Oct 20, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: First Vagina Scented Air Freshener NOT Launched Onto Market By OlorPur
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