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MIXTURE: Dry Drowning
CLAIM Account of a 10-year-old boy's death explains dry drowning and its symptoms. MixtureRATINGMixtureORIGINThe following item was the text of an article titled “Boy’s death highlights a hidden danger: Dry drowning” that was posted to the TodayShow.com site on 5 June 2008 and circulate…
OTHER: To Silence Wikileaks, Hillary Clinton Proposed Drone Strike on Julian Assange?
CLAIM Hillary Clinton proposed assassinating Julian Assange via drone strike to silence WikiLeaks. See Example( s )EXAMPLESCollected via e-mail and Twitter, October 2016To Silence Wikileaks, #HillaryClinton Proposed Drone Strike on Julian Assange -- report https://t.co/S7tPrl2QCZ— Wik…
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- Silence
- Wikileaks
- Hillary Clinton
- Julian Calendar
- Julian Assange
FALSE: Congresswoman Proposes Breastfeeding Ban for Women with Large Breasts
CLAIM Rep. Debbie Riddle proposed a breastfeeding ban on women with large breasts. See Example( s )EXAMPLESCollected via e-mail, March 2016 Is this true? Rep. Debbie Riddle Aims To “Ban Women Larger Than A C-Cup To Breastfeed In Public” FalseRATINGFalseORIGINOn 28 March 201…
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- Breastfeeding
FALSE: Image Problem
CLAIM A lawyer for Tashfeen Malik asked the media not to show photographs of her face because doing so was offensive to Muslims, and MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry criticized the New York Times for publishing such pictures. See Example( s )EXAMPLESCollected via Twitter and Facebook, …
FALSE: Flint Residents Told That Their Children Could Be Taken Away If They Don’t Pay for City’s Poison Water?
CLAIM Residents of Flint, Michigan have been threatened by CPS with removal of their children if they refuse to pay for contaminated water. See Example( s )EXAMPLESCollected via e-mail, January 2016 Surely this never would happen: Flint residents have been told their children co…
FALSE: Paul Ryan Confesses on National TV
CLAIM Speaker Paul Ryan said that he doesn't care if Donald "Trump destroys the United States and that he is a liar and a fraud." See Example( s )EXAMPLESCollected via Facebook, June 2016FalseRATINGFalseORIGINOn 19 June 2016, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, a Republican who currently ser…
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FALSE: Celebrity Summoned to Jury Duty in Your Town!
CLAIM [Name of celebrity] has been summoned for jury duty in [name of town] because he or she supposedly owns property there. FalseRATINGFalseORIGINEverybody gets called for jury duty at one time or another, even famous people, but a spate of online news stories in 2016 claiming that va…
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- Court Show
FALSE: Michigan Right to Farm Act Repealed
CLAIM In June 2016, Michigan residents lost the "right to farm," keep chickens, or maintain bee hives due to a change in existing law. See Example( s )EXAMPLESCollected via e-mail, June 2016 I saw a article that said "Michigan loses right to farm" meaning backyard farmers can't …
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- Michigan
- Act Of Parliament
FALSE: Elevation Church Debuts Water Slide Baptismal
CLAIM The Elevation Church has installed a water slide to speed up baptisms. See Example( s )EXAMPLESCollected via Email, August 2016 I came across an article on Facebook, about Elevation Church in North Carolina, and how they had a water slide baptismal put in to make them fast…
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- Elevation Church
- Water Slide
OTHER: ‘First They Ignore You, Then They Laugh at You’ Quote Isn’t Gandhi’s
CLAIM The famous quote "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” originated with Mahatma Gandhi. See Example( s )EXAMPLESCollected via Instagram, February 2016 MisattributedRATINGMisattributedORIGINOn 29 February 2016, presidential candidate Do…
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- Mahatma Gandhi