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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…

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…

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"…

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…

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…

Notoriously unreliable website Your News Wire published a story (archived here) titled "Mexico Seizes 800 Pounds Of U.S. Government Cocaine" which opened: Authorities in Mexico have seized a massive shipment of cocaine that was headed towards a U.S. government facility in America. A statement from the Defense Department says the vehicle which was transporting the cocaine belonged to the United…

The ever-unreliable site YourNewsWire published a story titled "France Considers Lowering Age Of Consent To 11" which directly contradicts its own title. It opened: France are to consider lowering the age of consent to as low as 11-years-old as the government draft a controversial new bill dealing with 'sexual coercion.' Is an 11-year-old girl old enough to agree to sex…

Unreliable website YourNewsWire is at it again with a sensational fake article titled "Pedophile's Body Found On Train Tracks After Acquittal On Technicality". The story opened: A notorious Texas pedophile, who was charged with raping a 6-year-old girl and then acquitted on a technicality, has been killed by a vigilante group who tied his body to train tracks. Anik Mustafi,…

Unreliable website YourNewsWire strikes again with a story titled "Katy Perry: 'Human Flesh Is The Best Meat; Cannibalism Got A Bad Rap'" which opened: Human flesh is the finest meat in the world, according to Katy Perry, who puts the "exquisite flavor" of the meat down to "the taboo nature of the product" and the fact that "forbidden pleasures are…

Unreliable website YourNewsWire posted an article titled "Producer Claims Kevin Spacey "Drugged And Raped" Justin Bieber" on October 31st 2017. It opened: Kevin Spacey is a well-known sexual predator who boasted of "drugging and raping Justin Bieber" when he was underage, according to a House of Cards producer who warns that Spacey's behavior "makes Harvey Weinstein look like a choir…