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  • 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
  • Fake News Websites Used to Promote Horror Flick A Cure For Wellness

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    Fake regional newspapers Houston Leader, Sacramento Dispatch, NY Morning Post, Indy Gazette and Salt Lake City Guardian have been the target of fake news debunkings a lot recently here at Lead Stories. At first we thought they were just run of the mill fake news websites designed to attract visitors with over-the-top headlines and spectacular 'news' hoping to make a…

    • Feb 13, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: Trump DID NOT Refuse to Provide California Federal Support in Midst of Natural Disaster

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    Fake news website The Sacramento Dispatch ran an article titled: "Trump Refuses to Provide California Federal Support in Midst of Natural Disaster, Cites Sanctuary Cities". There are good reasons to believe the headline is not true and it might even be the case that the article is just a small part in a publicity stunt for a movie along with…

    • Feb 13, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: No Legislation Introduced to Strip Government Benefits from Protesters

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    Fake news website the Salt Lake City Guardian published an article titled: "LEGISLATION INTRODUCED TO STRIP GOVERNMENT BENEFITS FROM PROTESTERS". UPDATE: The story is part of a fake news campaign to promote the movie "A Cure for Wellness". The article opens: In response to nationwide unrest both on the street and in town hall meetings, freshman Senator Bradley Kennedy (R-UT)…

    • Feb 12, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: NO Tax Rebates for Women who Get Abortions in California

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    UPDATE: Story confirmed a hoax, part of promotional campaign for movie "A Cure for Wellness". A site named "The Sacramento Dispatch" ran a fake story titled "California Legislature to Consider Tax Rebates for Women who Get Abortions". It starts off like this: The California legislature is taking a stand against the Trump administration and what lawmakers consider to be a…

    • Feb 11, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Hoax Alert: Rep. Black DID NOT Say 'The Government Imports Mexican Rapists To Impregnate White Women To Sell Embryo Parts'

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    A mean and racist hoax story trending on Facebook and other social media claims that Rep. Dianne Black, a Republican congresswoman from Tennessee, accused the Obama administration of a conspiracy to make money off of selling "embryo parts" harvested in abortions by encouraging "more accidents during love making" and with the importation of "Mexican rapists" who are expected to "impregnate…

    • Jun 28, 2016
    • by: Alan Duke
  • Hoax Alert: Obama DID NOT Nominate Abortion Doctor to Replace Scalia on Supreme Court

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    After Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died recently, speculation immediately started about his replacement. Conservatives fear that a new Obama appointee will tip the previous 5-4 balance between justices considered conservative vs. considered liberal. This latest hoax story seemed to play right into their fears: President Obama was said to have already announced his pick, Dr. Jacob Jones - a…

    • Feb 15, 2016
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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