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Jul 22, 2022 · The week in fake news: They’re viral on social media, but these stories flunked the truth test July 22, 2022 at 4:58 pm Updated July 22, 2022 at 5:55 pm By
- Mosque shooting. Hours after it was reported that six people had been shot dead in an attack on a mosque in Quebec City this week, stories began appearing online linking the massacre to Syrian refugees who had supposedly arrived in the country two weeks earlier.
- Pope backs Trump. In the run-up to the US elections, right-wing blogs proudly proclaimed that Pope Francis had outed himself as a Donald Trump supporter.
- Pizzagate. Of all the bizarre rumours attached to Hillary Clinton during the US election, the weirdest was an online conspiracy theory alleging that high-level Democrats were operating a paedophile ring from Comet Ping Pong, a Washington DC pizzeria popular with politicos.
- Turkey joining the EU. Leading Brexit campaign group Vote Leave came under fire in the run-up to the June referendum for a poster that falsely claimed Turkey was about to join the European Union and that the UK could not prevent its admission.
- Thousands of fraudulent ballots for Clinton uncovered. In October, a story claimed that "tens of thousands" of fraudulent ballots had been found in a warehouse in Ohio.
- Megyn Kelly was fired after she endorsed Clinton. A story claiming that Megyn Kelly was fired by Fox News began circulating in August. It said Kelly was allegedly let go after she endorsed Clinton, criticized Donald Trump and suffered a drop in ratings that placed her behind MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show."
- The NBA cancels 2017 All-Star Game in North Carolina. The NBA did eventually move the 2017 All-Star Game out of North Carolina -- but not until July.
- Elizabeth Warren endorsed Bernie Sanders. In March, a completely fabricated New York Times site published an article claiming that Elizabeth Warren was endorsing Bernie Sanders for president.
Apr 13, 2024 · Lycett confirmed that his stories have made it to national news publications including BBC News, The Mail, The Sun,ITV News, Sky News and The Independent. Now, on Friday's episode of Late Night Lycett, the 35-year-old shared four fake stories that successfully made it into newspapers and television news. He reiterated how he wanted to "take up ...
Apr 3, 2020 · It has been shared more than 17,000 times and is now being posted by users outside India. Indian journalist Rajat Sharma, also tweeted the images with the misleading claim. He deleted the post ...
Dec 16, 2016 · BuzzFed News began internally calling this the “local viral scam” because the fake stories went viral on a local basis but never bubbled up higher than that. LaCapria of Snopes admitted she has grudging respect for the way this approach combined someone or something famous with different locations to spark social shares.
Jun 3, 2022 · The week in fake news: This stuff didn’t happen, but it sure went viral on social media . ... A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of ...
