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Does a 'Muslim Migrant' from Syria with Four Wives, 23 Children Receive $390,000 a Year in Benefits?

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Dan Evon
May 9, 2017 Reports that a Syrian refugee was receiving close to $400,000 annually were based on incomplete ...
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Did CNN Use the Same Girl in Three Different Refugee Crisis Pictures?

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Kim LaCapria
Dec 25, 2016 A variation on the 'crisis actor' conspiracy theory holds that CNN used photographs of the same ...
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Three Syrian Refugees Assault 5-Year-Old Girl at Knifepoint?

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Kim LaCapria
Jun 20, 2016 An event involving children that occurred in Twin Falls, Idaho, was widely reported in inaccurat ...
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Did Sgt. Gregory Hayes Kill Two Syrian Refugees for Raping His Daughter?

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Kim LaCapria
Apr 19, 2016 A popular meme describes a purported act of vengeance for which we found no evidence whatsoever.
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2015: A Year in Fear

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Kim LaCapria
Dec 31, 2015 The topics buzzed about in the online rumor mill in 2015 included some major recurring themes.
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Did a Dr. Seuss WWII Political Cartoon Criticize America's Isolationism?

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Snopes Staff
Nov 22, 2015 Theodor Seuss Geisel created a number of biting political cartoons during WWII, including one co ...
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American Frag

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 20, 2015 Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan was born in Virginia, and was neither "vetted" nor ever a refugee.
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Jobs Market

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Stephanie Larsen
Nov 18, 2015 Steve Jobs' biological father was a Syrian-born man who once fled political unrest in his native ...
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Whom at the Inn

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 18, 2015 A photograph supposedly documenting that asylum seekers stayed in hotels while American vets rem ...
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Hand Vestures

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 17, 2015 A photograph of protesting "Muslim women" was taken in Tehran in 2013, not the United States in ...
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1938 Harvard Crimson Poll on 'Jewish Refugees'

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 17, 2015 Social media users shared a 1938 Harvard Crimson poll about Holocaust refugees, but the newfound ...
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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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Damascus via Durham

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Kim LaCapria
Nov 16, 2015 Syrian refugees didn't settle in Winston-Salem recently; an article describing their arrival is ...
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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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Face the Munich

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Kim LaCapria
Oct 19, 2015 Did a "female physician in Munich" pen an alarming warning letter about refugees?
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'No Way' Station

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Kim LaCapria
Oct 12, 2015
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False Flag

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sep 14, 2015
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Wave of Misconstrued Migration

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Sep 11, 2015
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