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Claim: Officials say the October 2017 California wildfires were started by Mexican drug cartels in order to gain a strategic advantage over the legal marijuana industry. As wildfires caused devastation in parts of California in the fall of 2017, conspiracy theories about their causes followed …
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Claim: The man accused of opening fire on hundreds of people in a Las Vegas casino in October 2017 was spotted at an anti-Trump protest two months earlier. The aftermath of a mass shooting is often a springboard for misinformation as ordinary citizens attempt to do their own investigative work. …
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Claim: Justine Damond became one of dozens of holistic doctors fighting “Big Pharma” who suspiciously died. On 16 July 2017, alternative health blogger Erin Elizabeth reported on her web site Health Nut News that Justine Ruszczyk (who primarily used her fiance’s surname, Damond), a 40-year-old …
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Claim: The suicide bombing attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England was a hoax. Origin On 22 May 2017, various conspiracy theories began to emerge on the Internet pushing narratives that a suicide bombing attack that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, …
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Claim: Bill Gates has openly admitted that vaccinations are designed so that governments can depopulate the world. On 21 January 2016, dubious news and conspiracy theory site Your News Wire (now NewsPunch) published an article with the headline “Bill Gates Admits ‘Vaccines Are Best Way to …
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Claim: An academic study cited by conservative news organizations and the Trump administration proved that Hillary Clinton received more than 800,000 non-citizen votes in the 2016 presidential election. A recurring refrain issuing from President Trump’s Twitter account ever since he won the 2016 …
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Are 35,000 Gulf War Soldiers Dead Due to Anthrax Vaccinations? | Snopes.com A government report from 2008 states that 35,000 veterans of the first Gulf War died as a direct result of adverse effects from an Anthrax vaccine they were mandated to receive. Origin On 17 January 2017, a short …
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Was the Raggedy Ann Doll Modeled After a Child Killed by a Vaccine? | Snopes.com Raggedy Ann dolls were created by a grief-stricken father who lost his daughter to a vaccine-related illness, and who wished to broadcast the risks of vaccination. Origin In January 2017, Facebook pages “The Truth …
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Claim: Recount observers in Wisconsin discovered voting machines seals had been compromised after the 2016 general election. On 2 December 2016, Daily News Bin reported that “recount officials” in the state of Wisconsin discovered seals that showed signs of tampering on five of the voting machines …
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Claim: President Barack Obama signed an executive order banning all fake news outlets. On 29 November 2016, disreputable web site The Boston Tribune published a hoax news article appearing to report that U.S. President Barack Obama had signed an executive order banning all fake news outlets: In …
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