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France Covered Up Torture and Mutilation of Bataclan Victims

15 July 2016

After the Bastille Day attack in Nice, news outlets rehashed debunked claims that France actively...

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American Teen Survives Three Terrorist Attacks

23 March 2016

A 19-year-old who was hit by shrapnel in Brussels was also uncomfortably close to two...

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FALSE: Syrian Children Killed After Paris Attacks A photo does not depict children killed in French and American airstrikes following the Paris...

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Hashtag #JeSuisChien Honors Slain Police Dog Diesel Authorities in France confirmed Diesel, a 7-year-old police dog, was killed by an explosive device...

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Tragedy of the Comments The children in the photo died in Syria in 2013, not Paris in 2015.

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Fret Matrix NYPD confirmed there's "no truth" to a rumor about a credible threat against the NYC...

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Shi’a La Snuff Social media interest in Abu Azrael and his role in fighting ISIS escalated after the...

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Did the Boston Marathon Bombers Enter the U.S. as Refugees?

17 November 2015

The Boston Marathon bombing perpetrators were often described as refugees, but their family actually entered...

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Refugee Champs A Facebook rumor claims images depict "starving" refugees from Syria just entering the U.S., but...

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Now Zouheir This An uplifting social media rumor about the purportedly heroic actions of a security guard named...

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The Wig Sleazy A photograph depicting the arrival of 10,000 Syrian refugees in New Orleans was taken in...

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