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

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    • 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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