Was CNN raided by the FCC "for deceiving the American public"? No, that's not true: a website with a reputation for inventing facts blew up a single unconfirmed tweet from two days ago into "reports" of an action that the FCC doesn't even has jurisdiction for. The story went viral via an article published by YourNewsWire on May 23, 2018…
Were 20 Catholic priests who were killed in a plane crash in Cuba connected to a Vatican pedophile ring? No, that's not true: the site making the claim has a habbit of taking bits and pieces of real news articles and adding invented claims in the headline and first paragraphs in order to attract traffic and advertising revenue. The claim…
Is CNN permanently closing its doors after a ratings plunge of 30%? No, that's not true: the "news" comes from a website that habitually takes bits and pieces of real news articles and then adds a false or exaggerated headline to it in order to attract clicks and advertising money. The CNN story originated from an article published on May…
Was 22-year-old pedophile Daniel Davey found dead in his cell with his testicles removed? No, that's not true and has been debunked before but the hoax just resurfaced on another website that likes to embellish real news stories with unsupported facts and blood-pressure raising headlines. Although in this case it seems to be mostly copy pasta. The copied story was…
Did Congress call for the immediate arrest of John Kerry for treason? No, that's not true. A website known for adding alarming clickbait headlines containing fake information to mostly copy pasted stories about real news events is at it again. They took a single ironic tweet from a congressman and turned it into something that is definitely not real. The…
Did Governor Jerry Brown of California outlaw homelessness? No, that's not exactly true. A website known for taking real bits of news from other sites and then adding a headline and a few paragraphs of unsupported facts to spice things up has been at it again. Their goal appears to be profit driven, it looks like they want to get…
Is North Korea opening the door for Christian missionaries and aid groups? No official announcement about this has been made despite what a false headline from a site known for mixing real news with made up headlines containing unsupported claims is trying to get you to believe. The claim appeared in an article published on May 3, 2018 on YourNewsWire…
Did Pope Francis call on US authorities to disarm the population and confiscate all weapons? No, that's not exactly true: the claim comes from a website that consistently takes a bit of real news and then twists it by adding an inflammatory headline and some invented facts in order to get easily excited people to click on it so they…
Was fact checking website Snopes.com recently 'exposed' as a CIA operation? No, that's nonsense peddled by an unreliable website that likes to copy paste together bits and pieces of articles from other websites and then adds unsupported facts in the headline and first paragraphs to make it more juicy in order to get clicks, traffic and ad revenue. The CIA…
Did Israel drop a tactical nuclear bomb on Syria? No, there is no evidence for this at all, just a report by an unreliable website that habitually takes some real news from other sources and then adds a headine and introductory paragraph that doesn't contain any sourced facts and is usually made up in order to gain traffic and advertising…
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