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  • Fact Check: Officials Did NOT Say Coronavirus Killed 200 In Iran

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    Did a report state that the novel coronavirus had killed 200 in Iran? No, that's not true: The number of deaths in official reports on March 3, 2020, were much lower than stated in this article. The claim that inflated the numbers - purporting to show the most recent news about the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran - originated from an…

    • Mar 3, 2020
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Officials Did NOT Say Coronavirus Killed 200 In Iran
  • Fact Check: Vatican Did NOT Confirm Pope Francis And Two Aides Tested Positive for Coronavirus

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    Did the Vatican confirm Pope Francis and two of his aides tested postitive for coronavirus? No, that's not true: there has been no official Vatican communication that says this, and the site where the story appeared was registered anonymously just a few days ago. At the time of writing, the site appears to be down but links to the story…

    • Mar 1, 2020
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Vatican Did NOT Confirm Pope Francis And Two Aides Tested Positive for Coronavirus
  • Fake News: State Of The Union Guests Were NOT Wearing "Q" Flag Pins

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    Did several guests at the recent State of the Union wear American flag pins with the "Q" logo on them? No, that's not true: While supporters of the so-called QAnon conspiracy theory claimed that several guests were wearing "Q" flag pins, we enhanced the images in question. The pins actually featured what appears to be a presidential seal, not the…

    • Feb 11, 2020
    • by: Ryan Cooper
    Fake News: State Of The Union Guests Were NOT Wearing "Q" Flag Pins
  • Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Declare Lucifer As God

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    Did Pope Francis declare Lucifer as God? No, that's not true: The video being shared to make the claim relied on a poor translation of Latin and has been taken entirely out of context. "Lucifer" in Latin means "morning star," "Venus," or "light-bringing." While it's become synonymous today with Satan, the term was used in Christian tradition as a name…

    • Feb 3, 2020
    • by: Ryan Cooper
  • 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
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