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    Fake news website YourNewsWire published an article titled "Police: Chester Bennington Was Murdered" shortly after the Linkin Park frontman was found dead after an apparent suicide. The article opens: Police have reportedly launched a murder investigation into Chester Bennington's death with insiders believing it is "extremely likely" the Linkin Park frontman was killed in eerily similar circumstances to his close…

    • Jul 21, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk

  • Fake News: NPR DID NOT Report 25 Million Votes For Clinton Are Completely Fake

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    An article on notoriously biased YourNewsWire contends in the title that 25 million votes for Hillary Clinton are completely fake and that Donald Trump actually won the popular vote. The source for this astonishing claim is supposedly NPR, giving the story a tinge of legitimacy. Even though some illegal voting probably happened, saying there are 25 million fake votes is…

    • Jan 30, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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