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  • Fake News: Canadians Do NOT Face Donut Shortage After First Day Of Cannabis Legalization

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    Is Canada facing a donut shortage after the first day of cannabis legalization? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian satire website after cannabis was officially legalized, but the donut part is not real. The story originated from an article published by World News Daily Reporet on October 18, 2018 titled "Canadians face major donut…

    • Oct 19, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Canadians Do NOT Face Donut Shortage After First Day Of Cannabis Legalization
  • Fake News: Woman NOT Arrested For Trying Out Dozens of Sex Toys In Walmart Store

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    Was 27-year-old Laura Martinez arrested in a Union City Walmart in California for testing various sex toys in the middle of a Walmart store? No, that's not true, the story was made up by a Canadian website that publishes fictional tales of bizarre crimes and weird sex acts purely for entertainment purposes. It was later copied by a "fauxtire" site.…

    • Oct 13, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Woman NOT Arrested For Trying Out Dozens of Sex Toys In Walmart Store
  • Fake News: Pro-Choice Activist Did NOT Break World Record By Getting 27th Abortion

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    Did 34-year-old Elena Travis from California break the world record for most abortions by getting 27 of them? And is she a pro-choice activist? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian website that invents tales of bizarre crimes, weird sex acts and other strange happenings but purely for entertainment purposes. The story is not real.…

    • Oct 10, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Pro-Choice Activist Did NOT Break World Record By Getting 27th Abortion
  • Fake News: Senate NOT On Lockdown After Receiving Credible Threat From Known Killers

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    Is the U.S. Senate on lockdown after credible threats from known killers? No, that's not true: a Christian-themed satire website wrote an article based on a tweet from Planned Parenthood Action in order to criticize their view on abortion but the threat part is entirely made up, there is no real lockdown going on. The story originated from an article…

    • Oct 4, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Senate NOT On Lockdown After Receiving Credible Threat From Known Killers
  • Fake News: Saturday Night Live NOT Fined $16.2 Million For Vulgar Kavanaugh Sketch

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    Was SNL fined a huge amount of money for a sketch involving Matt Damon that parodied the recent Kavanaugh hearings? No, that's not true: a liberal satire website that loves to troll conservatives and Trump supporters into sharing their made up stories as real news made up a tale about a pig named Dorothy being involved in the sketch and…

    • Sep 30, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Saturday Night Live NOT Fined $16.2 Million For Vulgar Kavanaugh Sketch
  • Fake News: Michelle Obama Did NOT Say Abortion Is Ok Because You Can Just Make Another Baby

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    Did Michelle Obama say that abortion is OK because "you can just make another baby"? No, that's not true: a liberal satire website made up the quote with the intent of it getting picked up and believed by conservatives and Trump supporters on social media so fans of the site could then mock them for it online. Shortly after publication…

    • Sep 15, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Michelle Obama Did NOT Say Abortion Is Ok Because You Can Just Make Another Baby
  • Fake News: Planned Parenthood Did NOT Defend Bill Cosby, Did NOT Say: 'Sexual Assault Is Only 3% Of What He Does'

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    Did Planned Parenthood defend Bill Cosby by saying sexual assault is only 3% of what he does? No, that was a bit of satire from a Christian themed humor website mocking Planned Parenthood's own claim that abortions are only about 3% of their services. The story originated from an article published on April 27, 2018 by The Babylon Bee titled…

    • Apr 27, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Planned Parenthood Did NOT Defend Bill Cosby, Did NOT Say: 'Sexual Assault Is Only 3% Of What He Does'
  • Fake News: California Did NOT Ban Parents From Pulling Kids From 'Obscene' LGBT Sex Ed Classes

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    Are California parents banned from pulling their kids from 'obscene' LGBT sex education classes? No, that's quite the distortion of what is actually going on, the headline is not true. It was written by a site that regularily twists the truth in order to create false headlines that are way more shocking than what is going on in reality. The…

    • Apr 24, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: California Did NOT Ban Parents From Pulling Kids From 'Obscene' LGBT Sex Ed Classes
  • Fake News: Popular Teen YouTuber NOT Planning 'Live On-Camera Abortion' For Bitcoin Donations

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    Did an unnamed teen YouTuber plan to have an abortion live on camera and would she be taking Bitcoin donations for Planned Parenthood from viewers? Of course not, that's absolute nonsense. The story comes from a site that publishes over the top fake stories disguised as satire to rile up conservatives and Trump supporters into sharing them online so fans…

    • Apr 11, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Popular Teen YouTuber NOT Planning 'Live On-Camera Abortion' For Bitcoin Donations
  • Fake News: Muslim Refugees Do NOT Decline Work, Don't Say It's Against Their Religion To "Perform Labor" For Americans

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    An old viral hoax is making the rounds again claiming some unspecified muslim refugees are refusing to perform work for Americans because it is agains their religion to do so. The most recent example we spotted was on beaware.one and we archived it here. Islam, whatever else you may think of it and as interpreted by most muslims does not…

    • Feb 3, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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