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  • Fake News: Ilhan Omar Did NOT Say "My People Did Something" In Reference to 9/11 Terror Attacks

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    Did Representative Ilhan Omar say "My People did something" in relation to the 9/11 terror attacks of 2001? No, that's not true: a meme making that claim distorts the actual controversial remark she made where she said "some people did something" while refering to the attacks. The made up quote appears in an image shared on social media, for example…

    • Sep 9, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Ilhan Omar Did NOT Say "My People Did Something" In Reference to 9/11 Terror Attacks
  • Fake News: Trump's Team Has NOT Appeared To Delete Tweets Where He Used 'Invaders' To Describe Immigrants

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    Did President Trump's team appear to delete tweets where he used "invaders" to describe immigrants in the wake of the El Paso and Dayton attacks? No, that's not true: Tweets using the words "invaders" and "invasion" remained on the president's Twitter timeline a day after mass casualty shootings of August 3 and 4, 2019. The false claim originated in various…

    • Aug 4, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Trump's Team Has NOT Appeared To Delete Tweets Where He Used 'Invaders' To Describe Immigrants
  • Fake News: Rep. Jim Jordan Did NOT Say 'Obama And Biden Were Cowering In Fear On Air Force 1' After 9/11 Attacks

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    Did Republican Congressman Jim Jordan say that Barack Obama and Joe Biden "were cowering in fear" while Donald Trump was "on the ground with first responders searching for survivors and pulling people to safety" after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on America? No, that's not true: It was a quote made up and tweeted by comedy writer Dan Lyons.…

    • Jul 30, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Rep. Jim Jordan Did NOT Say 'Obama And Biden Were Cowering In Fear On Air Force 1' After 9/11 Attacks
  • Fake News: Donald Trump Did NOT Call Republicans 'Dumbest Group Of Voters' In 1998

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    Did Donald Trump say in a 1998 interview that if he ran for president it would be as a Republican because they are the "dumbest group of voters in the country"? No, that's not true: It is a made-up quote that has made the rounds of social media since soon after Trump announced that he was running for president in…

    • Jul 19, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Donald Trump Did NOT Call Republicans 'Dumbest Group Of Voters' In 1998
  • Fake News: Police Investigating Death Of Former Senator Who Did NOT Believe She Was Closing In On Child Trafficking Ring

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    Are police investigating the death of a former Arkansas state senator who believed she was closing in on a child trafficking ring? No, that's not true: Linda Collins, who lost her state senate post to another Republican last year, was shot to death at her Pocahontas, Arkansas, home on June 4, 2019, but there is no evidence that she had…

    • Jun 13, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Police Investigating Death Of Former Senator Who Did NOT Believe She Was Closing In On Child Trafficking Ring
  • Fake News: Ripon College Did NOT Ban 9/11 Never Forget Poster Calling It Culturally Insensitive

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    Did Ripon College in Wisconsin ban a 9/11 "Never Forget" poster, caalling it culturally insensitive? No, that's not true: There was debate on the campus when a conservative student group placed the posters on campus and some administrators asked the group not to display them, but the posters were not banned. The story first surfaced in 2018, but a new…

    • Apr 29, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Ripon College Did NOT Ban 9/11 Never Forget Poster Calling It Culturally Insensitive
  • Fake News: NO Unnamed Source Said Jussie Smollett Phone Records Showed Over 200 Calls And Texts From Kamala Harris and DNC operatives

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    Did an "unnamed source" say Jussie Smollett's phone records showed over 200 calls and texts from Kamala Harris and DNC operatives? No, that's not true: the source of this rumor appears to be a Reddit post by someone speculatively making a joke about a possible coverup but without any evidence to back up that assertion. The story seems to have…

    • Mar 30, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: NO Unnamed Source Said Jussie Smollett Phone Records Showed Over 200 Calls And Texts From Kamala Harris and DNC operatives
  • Fake News: CIA Did NOT Issue Posthumous Apology, New Evidence Did NOT Clear Osama Bin Laden Of Involvement In 9/11 Attacks

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    Did new evidence clear Osama Bin Laden of involvement in the 9/11 terrirust attacks and did the CIA posthumously issue him a formal apology? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a satirical website that often gets mistaken for real news. The story originated from an article published by The Onion on January 9, 2019 titled "CIA…

    • Jan 25, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: CIA Did NOT Issue Posthumous Apology, New Evidence Did NOT Clear Osama Bin Laden Of Involvement In 9/11 Attacks
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