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Was Tom Hanks Given a Wilson Volleyball in Coronavirus Quarantine?

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Dan Evon

March 12, 2020 Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson truly did announce they had tested positive for the new coronavirus in ...

Amy Schumer to Star in an All-Female Remake of Saving Private Ryan?

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Dan MacGuill

May 19, 2017 A joke on Twitter has been fleshed out into a full-fledged hoax by two satirical web sites.

Gun Rights Advocate Jamie Gilt Shot by Child?

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Kim LaCapria

March 9, 2016 Gilt was reportedly shot in the back by her 4-year-old son as she was driving.

3-on-3 Basketball at the 2016 Olympics?

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David Mikkelson

Jan. 21, 2015 Rumor: The IOC has announced that 3-on-3 basketball will be an official sport at the 2016 Olympics.

Did Will Smith Advocate ‘Cleansing America of Trump Supporters'?

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Nur Ibrahim

April 6, 2023 The actor was talking about Islamophobia in America.

Did RNC Speaker Abby Johnson Advocate 'Household Voting'?

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David Mikkelson

Aug. 28, 2020 The anti-abortion activist tweeted that she believes in "one vote" per "Godly household," with h ...

Margaret Sanger Did Not Advocate 'Exterminating the Negro Population'

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Nur Ibrahim

Sept. 13, 2023 A sentence the Planned Parenthood founder once wrote has been widely misunderstood and misrepres ...

Intersex Kids at Risk Due to Lack of Medical Guidelines, Advocates Say

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Bethania Palma

Jan. 17, 2020 Advocates for intersex people said the medical community has failed to regulate itself on perfor ...

Advocates Slam New U.S. Labor Rule as 'License to Discriminate' Against LGBTQ Workers

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Bethania Palma

Aug. 16, 2019 The rule was criticized as undermining a promise by President Donald Trump to protect LGBTQ work ...

Did Henry Kissinger Advocate 'Forcible Vaccinations'?

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David Mikkelson David Emery

April 11, 2019 The former U.S. secretary of state is often portrayed as a villain in online conspiracy theories.

Did a Texas A&M Professor Advocate Killing White People?

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Bethania Palma

June 2, 2017 Professor Tommy Curry's comments during a 2012 podcast were taken out of context.

Did Donald Trump Advocate “Build a Fence Around New Mexico”?

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Dan Evon

Aug. 17, 2015 "New Mexico. Mexico. It's all the same. The word Mexico is in the name of both places, isn't it?"

Privacy Advocates Criticize Kenyan Government's Hiring of Cambridge Analytica

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Arturo Garcia

June 13, 2017 President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party is working with the data firm that claims both Brexit a ...

Did Pastor Dave Barnhart Say, 'The Unborn Are a Convenient Group of People to Advocate For'?

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Dan Evon

May 4, 2022 This quote went viral in May 2022 as many feared that Roe v. Wade would be overturned in the U.S.

Did Rep. Frederica Wilson Advocate Prosecuting People Who 'Make Fun' of Congress?

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David Mikkelson

July 10, 2019 Context is key, which is why politically-slanted reporting frequently omits it.

Lego Advocated Gender Equality in Toys ... in 1974

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David Mikkelson

Nov. 25, 2014 Lego distributed letters with some building block kits in the 1970s to encourage gender equality.

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Did 'Liberal Feminist' Katie Hopkins Advocate 'Euthanasia Vans' for the Elderly?

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Bethania Palma

Sept. 5, 2017 Hopkins, a British commentator known for making outrageous and sometimes morally bankrupt statem ...

Did Superman Advocate Respecting Diversity in the 1950s?

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Dan Evon

Nov. 21, 2015 A vintage Superman poster shows the comic book hero talking to children about the importance of ...

Did Nancy Pelosi Advocate for a 100 Percent Windfall Tax?

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David Mikkelson

Dec. 1, 2006 A parody of Democratic stereotypes was taken to an extreme.

Did Janet Reno Advocate the Prohibition of Private Firearms?

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Kim LaCapria

Jan. 8, 2016 Although Janet Reno spoke at length about guns in December 1993, a controversial quote attribute ...

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