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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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Claim: Televangelist Kenneth Copeland says “civil war” will unfold if Donald Trump loses the presidential election. What’s True Kenneth Copeland said those who don’t vote (for Donald Trump) in the upcoming presidential election will be “guilty of murder.” What’s False Kenneth Copeland didn’t …
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Claim: Pennsylvanians can vote online via social media by using the hashtag #PresidentialElection. In mid-October 2016, an image claiming Pennsylvanians could “vote online” during Election Day by using the hashtag #PresidentialElection began circulating on social media: Of course, no hashtag-based …
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Claim: Hillary Clinton had a teleprompter hidden on her lectern during the first presidential debate. A series of conspiracy theories circulated after the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on 26 September 2016, holding that the Democratic nominee had somehow rigged …
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Claim: NASA admitted that they were in contact with aliens but failed to officially disclose that information, presuming everyone already knew about it. On 19 September 2016, the conspiracy web site Disclose.tv published an article reporting that NASA, the federal agency that oversees the U.S. …
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Claim: Nearly 5 million uncounted California ballots cast for Bernie Sanders were found on Hillary Clinton’s private email server by the F.B.I. Fake news occasionally proves itself to be more amusing than annoying (i.e., actual satire rather than an attempt to fool readers with sensationalist …
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Claim: Eerie clouds over Geneva were caused by the particle collider at CERN opening a portal to a new dimension. What’s True There was a storm over Geneva in June 2016, and nature photographer Christophe Suarez captured images from the event. What’s False The photographs do not portray CERN …
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Claim: A photograph shows UFO “kill markings” on the side of a German World War II anti-aircraft gun. A photograph purportedly showing “kill markings” that indicate flying saucers on the side of a German World War II anti-aircraft gun has been showing up on the internet for several years, often …
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Claim: Fire and smoke billowing from the vicinity of the Eiffel Tower were evidence of a Bastille Day terrorist attack in Paris. Just after a devastating attack in Nice, France, on 14 July 2016 — in which dozens of people were killed and still more wounded when a man identified as French-Tunisian …
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