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  • Fake News: Man Did NOT Sue Strip Club, Did NOT Contract Syphilis After Licking Dance Pole

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    Did 28-year-old Mike Little from Portland, Oregon contract syphilis after licking a stripper pole at a strip club and did he then sue the club? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a site that invents stories about bizarre crimes and sex acts for enterainment purposes. It is not real and did not happen. The story originated…

    • Jun 25, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Man Did NOT Sue Strip Club, Did NOT Contract Syphilis After Licking Dance Pole
  • Fake News: SeaWorld Employee NOT Arrested For Smuggling Penguin Penises To China

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    Was 27-year old Sea World employee Thomas C. Frampton arrested in San Diego for smuggling over 12,500 penguin penises to China? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a website that specializes in inventing tales about bizarre crimes and weird sex acts, purely for entertainment. It is not true and did not happen. The story originated from…

    • Jun 22, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: SeaWorld Employee NOT Arrested For Smuggling Penguin Penises To China
  • Fake News: 6-year-old Migrant In Sweden Was NOT In Fact A 35-year-old Midget From Syria

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    Did 35-year-old midget Khalid Ali Razzaz, a former ISIS soldier, enter Sweden as a refugee by pretending to be a 6-year-old boy? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a site that makes a living by inventing tales of bizarre crimes and sex acts so people would visit the site and click on their ads. The story…

    • Jun 19, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: 6-year-old Migrant In Sweden Was NOT In Fact A 35-year-old Midget From Syria
  • Fake News: NOT A Video Of An Israeli Policeman Strangling A Palestinian Child To Death

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    Does a video show an Israeli policeman strangling a Palestinian child to death near some kind of escalator? No, that's not true: a video filmed in the Swedish city of Malmö has been making the rounds since December 2017 with a false description. The policeman was not from Israel (and not a cop), the child was not Palestinian and nobody…

    • Jun 7, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: NOT A Video Of An Israeli Policeman Strangling A Palestinian Child To Death
  • Fake News: Murderer Did NOT Walk Free After Judge Doesn't Show Up For 15 Minutes

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    Was 25-year old Efrem Berry accused of murder but allowed to leave court because no judge showed up for 15 minutes? That's a load of nonsense, it did not happen, there is no 15-minute rule in court that says you go free if the judge is late. The story originated from satirical website 8shit.net which published an article on March…

    • Mar 31, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fake News: Murderer Did NOT Walk Free After Judge Doesn't Show Up For 15 Minutes
  • Fake News: H&M NOT To Release "Equally Racist" Collection As Apology To Blacks

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    The story and photos saying H&M is releasing a new collection by David Enrique that is "equally racist to all the other races" is false and originates with a satirical website. The satirical piece titled 'H&M To Release "Equally Racist" Collection As Apology To Blacks (See Collection)' was created in response to the recent controversy about H&M using an African…

    • Jan 12, 2018
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Fake News: Muslim Refugees Did NOT Block Transportation in Protest of Trump Presidency

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    Several known fake news websites posted the same article titled "MUSLIM "REFUGEES" LAY ON THE GROUND, BLOCKING TRANSPORTATION IN PROTEST OF TRUMPS PRESIDENCY...HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND?". However the article below that title has nothing to do with President Trump or refugees blocking transportation. It starts: "Muslim refugee riots ignored in U.S. media blackout," By Leo Hohmann, WND,Europe's model of multiculturalism…

    • Mar 16, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Best Tweets About What Happened Last Night in Sweden

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    President Donald Trump made an offhand remark during a speech in Florida on saturday mentioning "last night in Sweden". It caused quite the upset on Twitter: Trump, discussing terror, seamlessly mentions incident "last night in Sweden".There was NO "incident" in Sweden last night. pic.twitter.com/XtcC4PRiNU -- Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) February 19, 2017 The former P.M. of Sweden was very surprised: Sweden?…

    • Feb 20, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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