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A white man sits in a rocking chair. Towards the bottom of the picture, it says, ""We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." The quote is attributed to John F. Kennedy, Jr.

Did JFK Say Americans Could Be Entrusted with 'Unpleasant Facts'?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 14, 2023 We found various social media posts about the quote over the past few years.
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Did Rupert Murdoch Say He’s 'Proud' of the Enemies He’s Got?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Apr 17, 2023 The media tycoon also called himself a “catalyst for change.”
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Did Robert F. Kennedy Say People Who ‘Stop History in Its Tracks’ ‘Fear the Future’?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Mar 1, 2023 They “invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed,” he allegedly said.
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Did Baltimore Sun Publish 'The Black Dilemma'?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jun 10, 2015 The controversial essay has actually been circulating on the internet since at least September 2014.
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Keanu Reeves once said, “Grief changes shape, but it never ends. [...] People have a misconception that you can deal with it and say, 'It's gone, and I'm better.' They're wrong.”

Did Keanu Reeves Say, 'Grief Changes Shape but It Never Ends?'

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Oct 3, 2022 Quotes seen as deep and thoughtful are often attributed to the widely loved actor.
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Was This Britney Spears Lyric Originally Written by Alexandre Dumas?

Written by:
Jessica Lee
Feb 9, 2021 "My loneliness is killing me, I must confess I still believe."
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Did John F. Kennedy Ask 'Suppose God is Black?'

Written by:
Dan Evon
Aug 8, 2018 A speculative question about God's being black originated with one of the Kennedys, but it wasn' ...
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Bill Maher.

Did Bill Maher Say He Hopes for a Recession 'to Get Rid of Trump'?

Written by:
David Emery
Jun 13, 2018 The always-provocative HBO talk show host stands accused of taking "Trump-hatred" to a whole new ...
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Did Ronald Reagan Warn Against 'Demagogues' Willing to Declare a Trade War Against America's Friends?

Written by:
David Emery
Jun 8, 2018 During a 1988 radio address, President Reagan railed against those calling for trade tariffs and ...
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Did Trump-Supporting Sandra Bullock Urge Hillary Clinton to Leave the United States?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Oct 27, 2017 Several disreputable web sites used a fabricated quote as clickbait and plagiarized a two-year-o ...
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Liselotte Hübner on Donald Trump

Written by:
Dan Evon
Feb 25, 2016 A purported 1929 quote from Liselotte Hübner about Adolf Hitler was superimposed on an image of ...
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Something's Gotta Live

Written by:
Dan Evon
Sep 16, 2015
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The Wrath of Farrakhan

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Aug 11, 2015
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Did Neil Armstrong Flub His First Words on the Moon?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan 26, 2003 We knew what he meant.
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