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Daily Mail headline on deleted Syria story

Did the Daily Mail Delete a Story Reporting the U.S. Planned to Blame Assad for ‘False Flag’ Chemical Attacks? The British tabloid did delete the 2013 story, but only because they were forced to...

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Did CNN Use the Same Girl in Three Different Refugee Crisis Pictures?

26 December 2016

A variation on the 'crisis actor' conspiracy theory holds that CNN used photographs of the...

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U.S. Caught Repainting Fighter Jets to Russian Colors?

10 October 2016

A rumor circulating among conspiracy theorists holds that the U.S. repainted some of its fighter...

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New York Television Station Broadcasts Bizarre Warning Before Hoboken Train Crash

3 October 2016

WKTV participated in a nationwide planned Emergency Alert System test, but a bizarre and unplanned...

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Google News Reported Orlando Pulse Shooting Hours in Advance

17 June 2016

A false flag conspiracy about the Orlando shooting held that Google News carried word of...

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Patience Carter Is a Victim, Not a Crisis Actor

16 June 2016

A baseless claim asserting that Orlando shooting victim Patience Carter was a "crisis actor" was...

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Newt Gingrich Tweeted About San Bernardino Attack in November

18 December 2015

Newt Gingrich almost certainly wasn't referencing the San Bernardino shooting in a 13 November 2015...

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Stamp Doubt

28 August 2015

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Boston Marathon Bombing Rumors

20 April 2013

A collection of rumors and conspiracy theories associated with the Boston Marathon bombing.

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Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut

15 December 2012

Various rumors connected with the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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