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Did Rachel Maddow Tell People Not To Post Real Vaccine Injuries So They Won't Be Used as Propaganda?

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Alex Kasprak
Feb. 20, 2024 The post allegedly claimed that anti-vaccine activists use this information to spread dangerous ...
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A white man wearing a gray suit over a blue and white checkered button-down speaks before a purple and blue backdrop.

Yes, Tucker Carlson's Mom Left Him Only $1 in Her Will

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Alex Kasprak
Feb. 8, 2024 The will surfaced amid a three-generation inheritance dispute, but it did not prevent Carlson fr ...
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'Without Israeli Oppression' Gaza Will Be 'LGBTQIA2S+ Mecca,' Fake Guardian Headline Claims

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Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 25, 2023 A Guardian columnist supposedly opined that “Gaza would be a sanctuary city for trans women in a ...
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CNN's Clarissa Ward Was Not Caught 'Faking' an Attack Near the Israel-Gaza Border

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Jordan Liles
Oct. 11, 2023 A video featuring CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward was manipulated for what w ...
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'Died Suddenly' Producer Promotes Fake CNN Post Containing Fake Zelenskyy Quote

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Jordan Liles
Sept. 1, 2023 A free and simple Google search could have prevented this.
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Prigozhin pilot had post-vaccine myocarditis, heart attack may be cause of crash

Did RT Claim Prigozhin Pilot May Have Had Post-Vaccine Heart Attack?

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David Emery
Aug. 24, 2023 A plane said to be carrying the leader of the Wagner Group mercenary force, Yevgeny Prigozhin, c ...
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Did Fox News Say Hurricane Hilary Entered Country 'Because It's Biden's America'?

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Alex Kasprak
Aug. 21, 2023 Hilary was "the first tropical storm to hit California since 1939, when Joe Biden started his se ...
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Video Shows Police Raid of 98-year-old Editor Joan Meyer's Home the Day Before Her Death

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Jordan Liles
Aug. 21, 2023 The Aug. 11 police raids on the Kansas offices of the Marion County Record newspaper and Meyer's ...
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ABC did not cancel The View or remove the show from its 2024 programming roster or lineup.

Did ABC Cancel 'The View,' Removing the Show as of 2024?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
June 6, 2023 An online article was virally shared in June 2023 that said the long-running morning talk show's ...
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How Serious Was the Alleged 'Car Chase' Involving Harry and Meghan?

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Nur Ibrahim
May 18, 2023 The couple described the incident as "near catastrophic," while social media users hypothesized ...
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Is This a Real Guardian Story Titled 'Fisting Is the New Oral Sex'?

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Nur Ibrahim
May 1, 2023 Beware of edited images of headlines with graphic sexual language.
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Did the BBC Institute a 'Far Right Questionnaire' for New Recruits?

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Nur Ibrahim
April 27, 2023 One part of this supposed questionnaire asked if a baby should “have a mum and a dad.”
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Tucker Carlson did not storm off in the middle of an interview, nor did he ever endorse CBD gummies.

Did Tucker Carlson 'Storm Off' During an Interview?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
April 24, 2023 A clickbait-driven online display ad made the false claim. That ad then led to a scammy CBD gumm ...
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A supposedly satirical headline said that former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal arrested for child porn. This was not true.

Vancouver Times Adds 'Satire' Note After Users Believe Story

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Jordan Liles
Dec. 28, 2022 The website published a supposed "obvious satire" story with the "satirical" headline, "Former T ...
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A Fox News ad in the New York Times states the company is the most trusted TV network for news. It's a real ad.

Is This a Real Fox News Ad Published in the NY Times?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
April 18, 2023 An ad trumpeting glowing poll results ran one day before Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached ...
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Did Rupert Murdoch Say Fox News Only Cares About Ratings, Not Facts?

Written by:
Dan Evon
April 27, 2021 If they were real, these quotes would be front page news — not meme fodder.
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Yes, NPR's Website Says Federal Funding Is 'Essential' to Public Radio

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
April 13, 2023 The question surfaced after Twitter labeled the nonprofit news organization "state-affiliated me ...
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Did Elon Musk Punch CNN Anchor Don Lemon During an Interview?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
March 17, 2023 The "news story" was labeled as satire.
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Was Jeremy Clarkson Fired from 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?' Due to His Meghan Markle Comments?

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Nur Ibrahim
March 2, 2023 Clarkson wrote that Markle should be “paraded naked” through Britain while people “throw lumps o ...
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Did Fox News Change Its Accreditation from 'News' to 'Entertainment'?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan. 13, 2020 There's a lot to unfold in this meme, including the fact that Fox News (and CNN and MSNBC) are n ...
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