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  • Fake News: Democrats DID NOT Say Americans Must Pay Reparations to Illegal Aliens

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    Did Democrats say that American taxpayers must pay reparations to illegal aliens? No, that's not true: The claim is a distortion of a statement made by a member of congress in reference to children separated from parents after arriving at the border to apply for asylum in the United States. Rep. Pramila Jayapal said the federal goverment must "make reparations"…

    • Apr 14, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Democrats DID NOT Say Americans Must Pay Reparations to Illegal Aliens
  • Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Compare Christians To Fungus

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    Did Pope Francis compare Christians to a fungus during an address in Morocco? No, that's not true: The speech quoted in misleading stories included the pope quoting a biblical passage in which Jesus responds to a question about the nature of the Kingdom of God by saying "It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three…

    • Apr 6, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Compare Christians To Fungus
  • Fake News: Firefighters DID NOT Suffer Neurological Damage After Contact With 5G Cell Towers

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    Did firefighters in Northern California suffer neurological damage after contact with 5G cell towers? No, despite claims in several trending reports there is no "new university study" or other scientific evidence to support the claim that installation of the latest evolution of mobile communication towers -- known as 5G -- has caused such harm. An indepth look at the sourcing…

    • Mar 4, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Firefighters DID NOT Suffer Neurological Damage After Contact With 5G Cell Towers
  • Fake News: Putin Did NOT Ban Microsoft Products From Russia

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    Did Russian President Vladimir Putin ban all Microsoft products from Russia? No, that's not true: a 2016 article was reposted to Facebook by website that has a reputation for making up unsubstantiated claims in its headlines that are not backed by the content of the articles it links to. The story originated from an article (archived here) on NewsPunch where…

    • Mar 4, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Putin Did NOT Ban Microsoft Products From Russia
  • Fake News: Woman Did NOT Admit She Was Paid to Frame Cosby With Rape

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    Did an unnamed woman admit she was paid to frame Bill Cosby with rape? No, that's not true: a South African website copied an old conspiracy article from NewsPunch/YourNewsWire but the theory it comes up with does not make sense from a timing perspective. It also relies on unnamed sources that can't be verified. The story recently went viral again…

    • Feb 27, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Woman Did NOT Admit She Was Paid to Frame Cosby With Rape
  • Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Say World Government Must Rule U.S. 'For Their Own Good'

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    Did Pope Francis say a world government must rule the U.S. for their own good? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a website that attracts clicks and visitors by taking existing news reports out of context and adding an incendiary headline to it, often containing made up facts that are not found in the sources the…

    • Feb 14, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Pope Francis Did NOT Say World Government Must Rule U.S. 'For Their Own Good'
  • Old Fake News: NO NFL Lawyer Found Dead, Did NOT Claim Super Bowl Is 'Rigged'

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    Was NFL lawyer Dan Goodes found dead after claiming the Super Bowl is rigged? No, that's not true: an old copy of a fake story published in 2018 went viral again after being posted to several large Facebook groups and pages in 2019 but it is still not true. The copy of the story was an article published on Fabruary…

    • Jan 29, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Old Fake News: NO NFL Lawyer Found Dead, Did NOT Claim Super Bowl Is 'Rigged'
  • Fake News: 10,800 U.S. Children Were NOT Raped By Illegal Immigrants in 2018

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    Were 10,800 U.S. children raped by illegal immigrants in 2018? Almost certainly not. The actual statistics haven't been published yet and the 10,800 number is just a very sloppy extrapolation based on data from one state that also includes non-rapes. The story went viral via an article published on January 2, 2019 titled "NCFIRE: 10,800 U.S. Children Were Raped By…

    • Jan 2, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: 10,800 U.S. Children Were NOT Raped By Illegal Immigrants in 2018
  • Fake News: Angela Merkel Did NOT Say Nation States Must Give Up Sovereignty To New World Order

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    Did Angela Merkel say states must give up sovereignty to the "New World Order"? No, that's not true: while Merkel did call on states to surrender some sovereignty she did not mention a "New World Order" and she stressed the importance of parliamentary approval for this process. The article making the claim also contained several other doctored or made up…

    • Dec 30, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Angela Merkel Did NOT Say Nation States Must Give Up Sovereignty To New World Order
  • Fake News: 'Belgians' Did NOT 'Rise Up' & 'Overthrow' Government For Signing UN Global Migration Pact

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    Did "Belgian patriots" rise up and overthrow the Belgian Government for signing the UN Global Compact on Migration? No, that's not true. The Belgian cabinet did fall and it was over support for the UN pact but there was no "uprising" (just a demonstration of about 5,500 people) and most people marching in it would be offended to be described…

    • Dec 20, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: 'Belgians' Did NOT 'Rise Up' & 'Overthrow' Government For Signing UN Global Migration Pact
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