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Did BuzzFeed Advocate for Taking Away White People's Guns?

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Bethania Palma
Feb. 15, 2018 A fake image suggested that Buzzfeed had published a story headlined "Why We Need To Take Away W ...
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Advocates Shine Spotlight on Spanish-Language Misinfo on Social Media

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Bethania Palma
Dec. 18, 2021 Watchdogs say safety measures that help keep English-speaking users safe aren't being equally im ...
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Was Ex-California State Senator and Gun Control Advocate Leland Yee Arrested for Gun Trafficking?

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Bethania Palma
March 5, 2018 Yee pleaded guilty to arms trafficking in 2016.
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Did a Congresswoman Advocate for African-American Names for Hurricanes?

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Snopes Staff
March 25, 2006 A Congresswoman once called for hurricanes to be given African-American names so that "all racia ...
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Did Levi Strauss Announce a Partnership with Michael Bloomberg to Advocate for Gun Control?

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Dan MacGuill
Sept. 10, 2018 Conservative web sites and the NRA gave largely accurate accounts of a September 2018 announceme ...
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Advocacy Group Finds Traces of Asbestos in “Playskool” Crayons

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Alex Kasprak
Aug. 8, 2018 Of the six kinds of crayons the U.S. Public Interest Research Group tested, one brand contained ...
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Did a Muslim Scholar Advocate 'Colonizing' U.S. and Canada with Sharia Law?

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Bethania Palma
Feb. 22, 2018 A fabricated quote attributed to Tariq Ramadan has once again gained attention on the internet a ...
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Immigrant Advocates: Trump Executive Order Would 'Replace One Crisis For Another'

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Arturo Garcia
June 20, 2018 Activists say that the president should get no credit for his order requiring undocumented famil ...
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Trump Allegedly Offers Anti-Vaccine Advocate to Chair a Commission on Vaccines and “Scientific Integrity”

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Alex Kasprak
Jan. 11, 2017 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a proponent of the discredited link between vaccines and autism, met wit ...
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Did Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Other Tech Billionaire Parents Advocate Limiting Children's Technology Use?

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Dan Evon
Aug. 30, 2018 A number of tech billionaires seemingly agree on at least one piece of parenting advice: Limit y ...
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Was an Anti-Seat Belt Law Advocate Killed in an Automobile Accident?

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David Mikkelson
June 12, 2007 "There seems to be a die-hard group of non-wearers out there who simply do not wish to buckle up ...
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Did Donald Trump Advocate a 'No-Wash' Bathroom Trick in 'The Art of the Deal'?

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Dan Evon
Jan. 16, 2017 A passage purportedly taken from Donald Trump's 1987 book The Art of the Deal advocates ...
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Agreement Between Refugee Agency and ICE to Share Sensitive Information Raises Concerns

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Bethania Palma
June 2, 2018 Parents who come forward to claim custody of children will have their fingerprints and immigrati ...
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Did Arizona Superintendent Kathy Hoffman Push for Sex Ed in Kindergarten?

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Dan Evon
Aug. 25, 2020 Arizona's superintendent of public instruction was the target of several disparaging claims made ...
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Did a Swedish Scientist Propose Cannibalism as a Solution to Climate Change?

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Dan MacGuill
Sept. 18, 2019 News websites seized upon remarks made by Magnus Söderlund in September 2019, but climate skepti ...
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Betsy DeVos

Meet Betsy DeVos, Trump's Secretary of Education Nominee

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David Emery
Nov. 25, 2016 The nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education inspired an Internet meme detailing her ...
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Parents of someone who died in the 2018 Parkland shooting tricked David Keene a former NRA president into speaking at a fake graduation speech.

Did Gun Violence Prevention Group Trick Ex-NRA Chief into Speaking at Fake Graduation?

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Jessica Lee
June 28, 2021 Videos showed David Keene, who led the NRA from 2011 to 2013, speaking in front of empty chairs ...
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The Origin of Graham Crackers

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David Mikkelson
Aug. 20, 2002 Were graham crackers named for a man who believed unhealthy diet led to sexual excess?
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Draft of New HHS Strategic Plan Says Life Begins 'at Conception'

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David Emery
Oct. 11, 2017 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' proposed five-year strategic plan includes lan ...
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Clip of Taylor Swift Expressing Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage Real?

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Nikki Dobrin
April 24, 2024 The clip, which was taken from Swift's 2020 Netflix documentary feature "Miss Americana," was po ...
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