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  • Fake News: (UPDATE) Mom Says She Believed Boys Who Attack Toddler Leaving 15 Bite Marks On Her Face Were Muslim & Somali - But NO Media Blackout

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    Did Muslim boys of Somali heritage attack a toddler at a British play center, leaving 15 bite marks on her face and did the London media "black out" coverage of the incident? The answer is a little complicated: A 17-month-old girl was repeatedly bitten by another toddler at a play center in Leeds on November 2, 2018, and the mother…

    • May 22, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: (UPDATE) Mom Says She Believed Boys Who Attack Toddler Leaving 15 Bite Marks On Her Face Were Muslim & Somali - But NO Media Blackout
  • Fake News: NO Man Arrested After Going On Murder Spree and Killing Over 30 Registered Sex Offenders

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    Was a 42-year old man man named Joel Miller in Omaha, Nebraska arrested after killing thirty pedophiles (or "just" registered sex offenders)? No, that's not true: the story originated from a site that has a disclaimer which says it only publishes fiction and the photo used to illustrate the story actually was taken in Glendale, California years earlier. The story…

    • May 10, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: NO Man Arrested After Going On Murder Spree and Killing Over 30 Registered Sex Offenders
  • Fake News: FBI Did NOT Admit Barack Obama Told Bare-Faced Lie To Nation About Hillary's Emails

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    Did the FBI admit that President Barack Obama lied to the nation about Hillary Clinton's email? No, that's not true: The article making the claim misrepresents a Judicial Watch report that an FBI official disclosed in a deposition that one of the sources for recovered Clinton emails was the server for the Executive Office of the President. The official did…

    • Apr 25, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: FBI Did NOT Admit Barack Obama Told Bare-Faced Lie To Nation About Hillary's Emails
  • Fake News: Over 30,000 Scientists Did NOT Declare Climate Change A Hoax

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    Did over 30,000 scientists declare global climate change a hoax? No, that's not true: The "scientists" referenced in a story making the claim were people who signed an online petition that said there was "no convincing scientific evidence" of global warming caused by human release of gases. The petition did not call it a "hoax." The signers' qualifications as "scientists"…

    • Apr 24, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Over 30,000 Scientists Did NOT Declare Climate Change A Hoax
  • 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'
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