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  • Fake News: NOT Busted, Soros Did NOT Pay March For Our Lives Protestors $300 Each

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    Were protesters really paid $300 each by George Soros to attend the "March For Our Lives" event and was he "busted" for doing this? Not really. The claim is being pushed by an unreliable website based on a few tweets and a Craigslist ad. The story originated from an article published on March 25, 2018 on YourNewsWire titled "Busted: Soros…

    • Mar 25, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: NOT Busted, Soros Did NOT Pay March For Our Lives Protestors $300 Each
  • Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Forgive 4,444 Pedophile Priests In Australia

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    An article on YourNewsWire claims Pope Francis has "forgiven" the oddly specific number of 4,444 pedophile priests in Australia. As usual with articles on that site the headline "Pope Francis Forgives 4,444 Pedophile Priests In Australia" bears only limited resemblance to what really happened. It was published originally on February 27th 2018 (archived here) and opened: An inquiry in Sydney…

    • Feb 28, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: Obama Did NOT Announce Bid To Become UN Secretary General

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    In a familiar pattern well known hoax website YourNewsWire has taken a rumor from two years ago and turned it into a definite statement of fact with an article titled "Obama Announces Bid To Become UN Secretary General" which was published February 23rd 2018 (archived here). The article opened: Barack Obama has announced plans to become secretary general of the…

    • Feb 23, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: Missing CDC Doctor DID NOT Claim Flu Shot Caused Outbreak

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    Fake news website YourNewsWire is at it again, blending reality and fiction into a cocktail of scaremongering to attract visitors and clicks. Hot on the heels of their previous runaway viral hit article titled "CDC Doctor: 'Disastrous' Flu Shot Is Causing Deadly Flu Outbreak" (already debunked by Snopes) they published a followup story on February 22nd 2018 titled "CDC Doctor,…

    • Feb 23, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: Judge Did NOT Cut Pedophile's Prison Term Claiming 3-Yr-Old Asked To Be Raped

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    Notorious fake news website YourNewsWire has engaged in a bit of creative writing to make an already outrageous story from 2014 even more outrageous without mentioning relevant facts that have happened since. While it is true that Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto assaulted a 3-year-old girl and judge M. Marc Kelly only sentenced him to 10 years instead of 25 for it…

    • Feb 12, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: Former Bill Gates Doctor Did NOT Say Billionaire Refused To Vaccinate His Children

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    If you saw a story about the former doctor of Bill Gates claiming the Microsoft founder refused to vaccinate his own children you have spotted fake news. The original article came from YourNewsWire, a notorious purveyor of made up stories and hoaxes, which published it on February 7th 2018 under the title "Bill Gates' Former Doctor Says Billionaire 'Refused To…

    • Feb 8, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: Trump Did NOT Tell George Soros To 'Go To Hell' Right To His Face

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    You may have heard President Donald J. Trump told George Soros to "go to hell" while they met during the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier in January 2018. There is no evidence that happened. The alleged source of the claim is U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen who supposedly said "He is smiling because he just told George…

    • Jan 30, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: NO NFL Lawyer Claimed Super Bowl Is 'Rigged', NOT Found Dead

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    There is no truth to the story about a supposed NFL lawyer by the name of "Dan Goodes" being found dead in New York City after telling reporters that the upcoming Super Bolw LII was "rigged". The story originated on notoriously unreliable website YourNewsWire.com in an article (archived here) titled "NFL Lawyer, Who Claimed Super Bowl Is 'Rigged', Found Dead"…

    • Jan 29, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: Melania Trump Did NOT Ban White House Staff From Taking Flu Shot

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    Reports that First Lady Melania trump has banned White House staff from receiving flu shots are just that: unverified "reports" which are not true. To begin with, the First Lady is not a medical doctor so she is not qualified to make medical decisions on behalf of other people. And secondly the title of First Lady of the United States…

    • Jan 23, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: NO Room Full Of Servers, Hard Drives Destroyed In Clinton House Fire

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    Fake news and conspiracy website YourNewsWire published an article (archived here) titled "Fire Dept: Room Full Of Servers, Hard Drives Destroyed In Clinton House Fire", which opened: A room full of servers and hard drives was destroyed in the Clinton house fire in Chappaqua, New York, on Wednesday, according to a Chappaqua Fire Department source, raising fears that incriminating evidence…

    • Jan 4, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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