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France Covered Up Torture and Mutilation of Bataclan Victims

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Kim LaCapria
Jul 15, 2016 After the Bastille Day attack in Nice, news outlets rehashed debunked claims that France activel ...
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American Teen Survives Three Terrorist Attacks

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Brooke Binkowski
Mar 23, 2016 A 19-year-old who was hit by shrapnel in Brussels was also uncomfortably close to two other terr ...
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FALSE: Syrian Children Killed After Paris Attacks

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 23, 2015 A photo does not depict children killed in French and American airstrikes following the Paris at ...
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Hashtag #JeSuisChien Honors Slain Police Dog Diesel

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 19, 2015 Authorities in France confirmed Diesel, a 7-year-old police dog, was killed by an explosive devi ...
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Tragedy of the Comments

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Nov 18, 2015 The children in the photo died in Syria in 2013, not Paris in 2015.
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Fret Matrix

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 18, 2015 NYPD confirmed there's "no truth" to a rumor about a credible threat against the NYC Subway system.
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Shi'a La Snuff

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 17, 2015 Social media interest in Abu Azrael and his role in fighting ISIS escalated after the Paris atta ...
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Did the Boston Marathon Bombers Enter the U.S. as Refugees?

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 17, 2015 The Boston Marathon bombing perpetrators were often described as refugees, but their family actu ...
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Refugee Champs

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 16, 2015 A Facebook rumor claims images depict "starving" refugees from Syria just entering the U.S., but ...
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Now Zouheir This

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 16, 2015 An uplifting social media rumor about the purportedly heroic actions of a security guard named Z ...
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The Wig Sleazy

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 15, 2015 A photograph depicting the arrival of 10,000 Syrian refugees in New Orleans was taken in Hungary ...
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