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  • Fake News: Pope Did NOT Say Real God Is Not A Religion, The Relationship With Your God Is What Matters

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    Did the BBC report Pope Francis said "Real God is not a relgion, the relationship with your God is what matters"? No, that's not true: that quote was attributed to him by a website pretending to be BBC radio but which appears to be a new website by or inspired by the same people who ran a network of fake…

    • Jun 28, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Pope Did NOT Say Real God Is Not A Religion, The Relationship With Your God Is What Matters
  • Fake News: NO Former Clinton Aide Indicted For Child Sex Trafficking

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    Was Clare Bronfman, the heiress to the Seagram fortune who was indicted in the case surrounding the NXIVM sex cult, a former Clinton aide? No, that's not true: she was just one of many donors to Hillary Clinton's campaign but she played no direct role in it. She was certainly not one of "her closest aides". That story was made…

    • Jun 27, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: NO Former Clinton Aide Indicted For Child Sex Trafficking
  • Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Say US Must Open Borders To 'As Many Migrants As Possible'

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    Did Pope Francis call for the United States to have open borders and to take in "as many migrants as possible"? No, that's not true, he didn't say that. A twisted quote appeared in the headline of an article on a website that habitually takes bits and pieces of real news and then adds fake facts in their own headlines…

    • Jun 26, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Say US Must Open Borders To 'As Many Migrants As Possible'
  • Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Give Pedophile Priest Diplomatic Immunity To Avoid Prison

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    Did Pope Francis give diplomatic immunity to a priest named Carlo Alberto Capella for the express purpose of avoiding a jail sentence for posessing and trading child pornography? No, that's not true: an article with a highly misleading headline to that effect was posted by a site that regularily twists the facts in its headlines and the first paragraphs of…

    • Jun 25, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Give Pedophile Priest Diplomatic Immunity To Avoid Prison
  • Fake News: Young Men Did NOT Rent Yacht, It Did NOT Sink By Excess Of Prostitutes

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    Did a yacht in Miami sink because the friends who rented it for a bachelor party invited too many prostitutes on board? No, that's not true: the story came from a satirical website, it did not happen for real. The story appeared in an article published by There Is News on June 17, 2018 titled "Young men rent a yacht…

    • Jun 18, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Young Men Did NOT Rent Yacht, It Did NOT Sink By Excess Of Prostitutes
  • Fake News: IG Report Did NOT Say Hillary Clinton Ran Child Sex Ring

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    Dit the Inspector General's report on the investigation by the FBI of the case surrounding Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server reveal that she ran a child sex ring? No, that's not true. The site making this claim has a history of taking some real news and then adding invented facts to their first paragraph and headline that…

    • Jun 16, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: IG Report Did NOT Say Hillary Clinton Ran Child Sex Ring
  • Fake News: President Macron Did NOT Knowingly Grant ISIS Chief Political Asylum In France

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    Did French President Emmanuel Macron knowingly grant political asylum to an ISIS chief? No, that's not exactly true. Ahmed Hamdane Mahmoud Ayach El Aswadi posed as a refugee when he arrived in France in the summer of 2016. He was granted refugee status in June 2017, shortly after Emmanuel Macron took office in May 2017. The President of France does…

    • Jun 16, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: President Macron Did NOT Knowingly Grant ISIS Chief Political Asylum In France
  • Fake News: NO Evidence Anthony Bourdain Was Killed By Clinton Operatives

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    Was Anthony Bourdain killed by Clinton operatives according to investigators? No, that's not true: no actual evidence for this claim has been uncovered so far and the site making the accusation habitually takes bits and pieces from real news articles and then adds an invented claim to the headline and first paragraph in order to drive more traffic and make…

    • Jun 11, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: NO Evidence Anthony Bourdain Was Killed By Clinton Operatives
  • Fake News: Melinda Gates Did NOT Say We Must Discriminate Against All White People

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    Did Melinda Gates say "We must discriminate against all white people"? No, that's not true: the fake quote came from a website that makes money by taking bits and pieces of real news and adding invented "facts" to the headline and first paragraph of their own version in order to drive traffic that earns them advertising money. She did not…

    • Jun 8, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Melinda Gates Did NOT Say We Must Discriminate Against All White People
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    Fact Check: Election Ballots DO Have Serial Numbers -- But They Are Removed During Processing To Protect Voter Secrecy

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    Fact Check: Gas Prices Did NOT Reach National Average Of $1.87 Per Gallon In February 2021

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    Fake News: Man Did NOT Kill His Best Friend For Not Saying "No Homo" After 10-hour Anal Session

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    • May 27, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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    • by: Christiana Dillard

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