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Did ‘El Chapo’ Testify That He Gave Millions to Pelosi, Schiff, and Clinton?
12 February 2019 - You can claim anything if you remove evidence from the equation.
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Was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Once Fired from Hot Dog on a Stick?
14 February 2019 - Many opponents of congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have decided to focus on fictitious criticisms.
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Did the Company That Makes Marlboros Announce They Intend to Stop Producing Cigarettes?
11 January 2019 - Philip Morris International sells the iconic brand outside the United States, and has for years expressed a plan to end production of cigarettes altogether.
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Did Netflix Make $845M In Profit and Pay $0 in Taxes Under New Tax Law?
13 February 2019 - Netflix was one of the first major companies to post its annual financial disclosure report.
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Did Henry ‘the Fonz’ Winkler Die at Age 77?
8 February 2019 - The Fonzie character lives on -- and so does the actor who portrayed him, for now.
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Did Hillary Clinton Wear Blackface at a Costume Party?
15 January 2016 - A photograph showing a woman in blackface and a man dressed as a hillbilly is not a picture of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
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Did Beto O’Rourke Say Old People and Wounded Veterans Should Be ‘Thrown in the Trash’?
2 January 2019 - A widely-shared Facebook meme took aim at the potential 2020 Democratic presidential contender.
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Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wear a $7,600 Ensemble to the State of the Union Address?
12 February 2019 - The new U.S. House member's critics can't seem to decide whether she has too much money or too little.
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Did Democrats Elect Four Horrible People?
9 November 2018 - Criticisms of four 2018 Democratic election winners included in a meme are mostly subjective or unsubstantiated.
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Did Donald Trump, Jr. Call Teachers ‘Losers’ at His Father’s Rally in Texas?
15 February 2019 - The president's eldest son aired his grievances with educators during a political rally.
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Does Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Have a Low Credit Score, Closed Checking Accounts, and a History of Evictions?
21 January 2019 - You can claim anything you want if your audience is unconcerned with matters such as evidence.
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Did the US Navy Launch Pickup Trucks Into the Water?
13 February 2019 - A viral video documents a genuine test conducted by the Navy, but it may not be the best example of wasteful spending.
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Did NFL Champion Tom Brady Attribute His Success to Gisele Bündchen’s ‘Witchcraft’?
12 February 2019 - A conservative Christian radio host made hay with throwaway remarks made by the six-time Super Bowl champion in February 2019.
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Are Over 100 Whales Trapped in Underwater ‘Jails’?
19 December 2018 - Animal welfare activists and experts are deeply concerned about 90 belugas and 11 orcas packed into pens off the Russian coast.
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Did a Mexican Researcher Develop a Potential Treatment for HPV?
12 February 2019 - Eva Ramón Gallegos and her team have been pursuing the use of photodynamic therapy for 20 years.
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Did a Government Shutdown in Australia Result in All Members of Parliament Getting Fired?
14 February 2019 - It's difficult to boil down one of the most turbulent periods in Australia's political history into a meme.
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Are Navy SEALs No Longer Allowed to Wear ‘Blackface’?
13 February 2019 - Wearing blackface to imitate a black person is not the same as darkening your face for a covert military mission.
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Did the Trump Administration Say Employers Can Fire Workers for Being Gay?
15 July 2018 - A legal argument offered in a discrimination case by the Justice Department in 2017 disclaimed Title VII protections for sexual orientation but didn't change extant law.
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Did NFL Quarterback Joe Namath Kneel During the National Anthem?
12 February 2019 - Believe it or not, you can kneel on a football field without protesting something.
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Does the Green New Deal Proposal Include a ‘Recycling Urine’ Provision?
11 February 2019 - If you're skeptical of conspiracy theorists when they're earnest, you certainly shouldn't take their word when they're joking.
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Did President Donald Trump Install a ‘Golf Simulator’ in the White House?
15 February 2019 - The Washington Post reported that President Trump took his golf game indoors during the federal government shutdown in early 2019.
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Can the Queen Legally Kill President Trump with a Sword?
1 February 2017 - "Palace staff have assured the Queen that, according to English law, Trump is a subject of the Crown and can, if judged to be damaging the monarchy, be dispatched without repercussion."
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Have Undocumented Immigrants Killed 63,000 American Citizens Since 9/11?
22 June 2018 - The figure would mean undocumented immigrants, who account for roughly 3 percent of the population, would have to commit about one quarter of the nation's homicides.
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Was Mickey Mouse Modeled After a Racist Caricature Named ‘Jigaboo’?
13 February 2019 - Mickey Mouse may have a connection to minstrel shows, but he wasn't based on a racist "Jigaboo" character.
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Was an Ohio Woman Charged After Slowly Eating Her Husband Alive?
13 February 2019 - You won't be hearing about this grisly incident on the nightly news, for very good reason.
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Did Amazon Pay No Federal Income Taxes in 2017?
26 September 2018 - By the company’s own accounting, Amazon actually received a $137 million federal tax credit in the same year they earned over $5.6 billion in profit.
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Do Girl Scout Cookie Proceeds Fund Planned Parenthood?
20 January 2016 - “A box of Girl Scout cookies is not a political statement."
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Does Elizabeth Warren Have a Piece of Racist Memorabilia on Her Kitchen Shelf?
8 January 2019 - Accusations of racism were based solely on a blurry and obscured glimpse of an object on Sen. Elizabeth Warren's shelf.
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Do Elephants Think Humans Are ‘Cute’?
27 December 2017 - A popular tweet posited a natural affinity between elephants and humans.
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Was George Soros Arrested in Switzerland in February 2019?
5 February 2019 - Conspiracy theorists continued their obsession with the 88-year-old philanthropist, this time accusing him of Satanic child abuse and other "crimes."
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Was Walt Disney Frozen?
19 October 1995 - Half a century onwards, the rumor that Walt Disney's body was put in cryonic storage remains one of the most enduring legends about the entertainment giant.
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Did Donald Trump Stop a Mugging in 1991?
27 February 2018 - A 1991 article reported that Trump stopped an assault in New York City shortly after his own mother had been mugged, but the corroborating details were murky.
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Did a Democrat Named ‘Tara McClossoff’ Introduce a Bill to Ban Senior Citizens From Voting?
12 February 2019 - A notorious producer of junk news tried to trick Facebook users into sharing a bogus meme.
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Did Subway Remove Pork Products from Their Menu?
2 May 2014 - Halal stores are clearly identified by signs throughout, including on the menu panels and in the front windows.
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Does This Photograph Show ‘Darlings of the Democrat Party’?
27 January 2019 - You'd think a photograph like this would have drawn a little more attention.
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Did Four AI Robots Kill 29 Scientists in Japan?
19 December 2018 - The claim came from a UFOlogist -- and, yes, it does sound like something from a movie.
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Is President Trump Planning a Military Parade for the Fourth of July?
13 February 2019 - As in the past, it's unclear whether a military parade will in fact materialize.
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Did a Man Die Demonstrating a Window’s Strength?
3 November 2000 - A Toronto lawyer demonstrating the safety of window panes in a skyscraper ironically plunged through a window to his death.
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Has Bill Murray Died at 81, Wanting to See ‘Americans United Under Trump’?
9 February 2019 - Another lame celebrity death hoax from the lamest of junk news sites.
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Is This a Photograph of an Elephant Carrying a Lion Cub?
18 September 2018 - A photograph of an elephant carrying a lion cub should need to be real to be considered the "best photo of this century."
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Did Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez Say ‘Owning Guns Is Not a Right’ in the Constitution?
18 January 2019 - Attempts to discredit the freshman lawmaker from NYC seem to know no end.
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Did the City of Denver Legalize Public Urination and Defecation?
13 February 2019 - Joe the Plumber's web site distorted the facts around a set of criminal justice reforms introduced in Denver in 2017.
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Did Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Say He Would ‘Execute a Baby After Birth’?
9 February 2019 - U.S. President Donald Trump used his 2019 State of the Union address to criticize the Democratic governor of Virginia.
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What Are the Requirements for Women Seeking to ‘Get Their Tubes Tied’?
19 October 2018 - An online image highlights the "paternalistic" treatment some women face when they seek tubal ligations.
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Were Food Companies Caught Using Aborted Babies in Flavor Additives?
18 March 2012 - Pro-life activists claim products from Pepsi and other major food producers are 'manufactured using the tissue of aborted human babies.'
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Did 30,000 Scientists Declare Climate Change a Hoax?
24 October 2016 - More than 30,000 people may have signed a petition challenging the veracity of anthropogenic global warming, but one doesn’t have to be a climate scientist, or even a practicing scientist, to sign that document.
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Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say We Need to ‘Invent Technology That’s Never Been Invented’?
10 December 2018 - Representative-elect Ocasio-Cortez made the comment during a speech about environmentally sound new jobs.
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Is This a Wall Around Nancy Pelosi’s Home?
12 February 2018 - Web sites attempted to paint the Congresswoman as a hypocrite after she came out in support of DACA recipients.
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Will Dangerous Cosmic Rays Pass Close to Earth ‘Tonight’?
24 May 2017 - This claim has been around for years and makes no scientific sense whatsoever.
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Did the CDC ‘Admit’ 98 Million Americans Were Given a ‘Cancer Virus’ via the Polio Shot?
24 October 2015 - Much ado about nothing: The CDC didn't 'admit' anyone contracted cancer from polio vaccinations, nor did they 'disappear' information about that topic.
