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  • Fake News: Satanic Pentagram Was NOT On Democratic Debate Stage Ceiling

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    Was a satanic pentagram displayed on the ceiling above the stage of the Democratic presidential debate stage in Westerville, Ohio? No, that's not true: A purported photo showing the pentagram above the Democratic candidates was digitally altered. It was not seen during the CNN telecast or on other images from the debate. The fake image and false claim originated in…

    • Oct 16, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Satanic Pentagram Was NOT On Democratic Debate Stage Ceiling
  • Fake News: Malia And Sasha Were NOT Loaned To Obamas By Their Real Parents

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    Were Malia And Sasha loaned to Barack and Michelle Obama by their real parents? No, That's not true: This is a conspiracy theory based on a purported resemblance of the Obama daughters to longtime friends of the family, a purported lack of baby photos of the girls, and the allegation that Michelle Obama is a transgender male unable to have…

    • Jun 4, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Malia And Sasha Were NOT Loaned To Obamas By Their Real Parents
  • Fake News: Trump NOT Planning Mass Arrests, Military Tribunals for Deep State Traitors

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    Is an "Emergency report" correctly predicting President Trump is planning mass arrest and military tribunals for "deep state traitors" based on some cited documents? No, that's not true: the story is at least half a year old by now so it is not really an emergency anymore but it still keeps getting copy-pasted to new websites claiming things are about…

    • May 21, 2019
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Trump NOT Planning Mass Arrests, Military Tribunals for Deep State Traitors
  • Fake News: Clinton Foundation NOT Ordered To Cease Operations - Chelsea NOT Charged With Fraud

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    Sigh. Was the Clinton Foundation ordered to cease operations and was Chelsea Clinton charged with fraud? No, the same old hoax story that originally came from a liberal satire weblog has gone viral again via a copy on a siite run by a Macedonia-based fake news network. It is still not true. The latest copy of the story appeared as…

    • Dec 7, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Clinton Foundation NOT Ordered To Cease Operations - Chelsea NOT Charged With Fraud
  • Not Fake News: Ann Coulter Is Really On Gab

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    Is conservative writer and commentator Ann Coulter really on the Gab social network? Yes, it appears the @AnnCoulter account is indeed her own, as announced by the service's founder Andrew Torba on Gab and Twitter (where the announcement was retweeted by Coulter's own account). Coulter's profile appeared a few days ago, probably on November 18, 2018 using the name @AnnCoulter…

    • Nov 20, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Not Fake News: Ann Coulter Is Really On Gab
  • Is Fake News Website YourNewsWire Being Throttled To Death By Facebook?

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    Regular readers of this site are doubtlessly familiar with notorious fake news website YourNewsWire.com. Over the years we have debunked countless stories from it, and we are not the only fact checking website that regularily took aim at hoaxes spread by the site. But now it looks like the site has had its reach fatally reduced by Facebook around the…

    • Aug 23, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Is Fake News Website YourNewsWire Being Throttled To Death By Facebook?
  • Fake News: NOT Footage Of Alex Jones Reacting To His Facebook And Youtube Channel Getting Terminated

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    Did Alex Jones go on a rant about "never defeating the human spirit" in reaction to Facebook and Youtube banning him? No, that's not actually true: the rant video that has been circulating on social media is at least two years old so it can't have been made in response to yesterday's bans. An example of the video can be…

    • Aug 7, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: NOT Footage Of Alex Jones Reacting To His Facebook And Youtube Channel Getting Terminated
  • Fake News: Infowars And Alex Jones Have NOT Been Permanently Banned From Facebook (Yet?)

    Fact Check

    Were Infowars and Alex Jones permanently banned from Facebook? That remains to be seen. Infowars writer Paul Joseph Watson claimed on Twitter the ban that took down their pages on monday August 6, 2018 was "permanent" but a post on Facebook's newsroom page (and the screenshot that Watson added to his tweet) contradict the claim. Watson tweeted on August 6,…

    • Aug 6, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Infowars And Alex Jones Have NOT Been Permanently Banned From Facebook (Yet?)
  • Not Fake News: Facebook suspends conspiracy theorist & InfoWars host Alex Jones

    Fact Check

    From the "about damn time" department" comes this trending report that is not fake. Facebook moved against the personal page of InfoWars creator Alex Jones. We know it is true because Facebook says so. "We received reports related to four different videos on the Pages that Infowars and Alex Jones maintain on Facebook," the Facebook spokesperson said. "We reviewed the…

    • Jul 28, 2018
    • by: Alan Duke
    Not Fake News: Facebook suspends conspiracy theorist & InfoWars host Alex Jones
  • Fake News: NO UN Plan Revealed To Flood America With 600 Million Migrants

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    Did the UN reveal a plan to flood America with 600 million immigrants? No, that's not true. Writer Paul Joseph Watson took a U.N. study published in 2000 calculating several possible scenarios for the evolution of the population of various countries with low fertility rates and then declared this was a "UN plan" that got "revealed" somehow in 2018. It…

    • Jul 24, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: NO UN Plan Revealed To Flood America With 600 Million Migrants
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