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Did Queen Elisabeth II of Britain record a speech about an imminent global war being planned by certain forces? Almost certainly not because the only source for this "news" is a website with an extremely unreliable reputation that claims it got the info from an unnamed "BBC production staff" member. The story appeared on YourNewsWire where an article was published…

Did Dr. Timothy Cunningham, a CDC doctor whose body was found in the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta last tuesday, "expose" that this year's flu shot actually caused a flu epidemic? No, he did not, that is fake news made up by a website with a very dubious reputation. YourNewsWire posted an article on April 5, 2018 titled "Body Of CDC…

Did Russia and China just roll out a new currency that is 100% backed by gold? You would expect they did if you saw a news article titled "Russia And China Roll Out 100% Gold-Backed Currency" but you would be wrong. In fact an article was published by YourNewsWire with just that title on March 25, 2018 (archived here) which…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…