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In 2016, Trump Claimed Obama Founded ISIS. 2 Days Later: 'I Was Being Sarcastic'
Written by:
David Emery
March 23, 2024
Trump called then-President Barack Obama the "founder of Isis" and Hillary Clinton the group's " ...
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Was the Manchester Terror Attack a 'False Flag'?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
May 24, 2017
A viral conspiracy video has emerged spreading a false rumor that a suicide bombing attack at an ...
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Were an American Couple Killed by ISIS While Trying to 'Prove Humans Are Kind'?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Aug. 16, 2018
A widely-shared article potentially confused some readers about the motives of a couple murdered ...
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Was a New Zealand Farmer Arrested for Selling Sheep as Sex Slaves to the Islamic State?
Written by:
David Emery
May 29, 2018
A "satirical" article that manages to malign Islam, New Zealanders, and sheep all in the same br ...
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Did a Captured Islamic State Leader Have Barack Obama On Speed Dial?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
March 13, 2018
A "satirical" site claimed that the unlocked iPhone of an Islamic State operative contained the ...
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Was the Suspected Florida High School Shooter Affiliated with the Islamic State?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Feb. 15, 2018
Despite conspiracy theorist speculation, no evidence supports a link between Nikolas Cruz and Is ...
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Did Federal Agents Raid a Mosque in Michigan?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan. 11, 2018
A prolific purveyor of "satire" publishes yet another false article that plays on fear and hatred.
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Did ISIS Call for the Assassination of Barron Trump?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov. 22, 2017
A message on the Telegram app from an "ISIS supporter" used a hashtag translated to "handle the ...
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Islamic State's Claim of Responsibility for Las Vegas Shooting Confounds Experts
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Oct. 2, 2017
The claim, originating from what is effectively a propaganda arm of the Islamic State, lacks cre ...
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'Interschools' WhatsApp Group Warning
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
June 5, 2017
A warning about a WhatsApp group called 'Interschools' and its connection to ISIS is a hoax.
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Did Ariana Grande Defile the American Flag?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
May 23, 2017
Following a 22 May 2017 tragedy in Manchester, a photoshopped image of Ariana Grande defiling an ...
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Two Explosions That Killed at Least 45 Egyptian Christians
Written by:
Bethania Palma
April 9, 2017
The blasts in the Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria targeted Coptic Christian churches dur ...
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Did ISIS Murder 250 Children with a Dough Kneader?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Feb. 9, 2017
Multiple online sources aggregated a secondhand claim that ISIS operatives had killed 250 Syrian ...
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Ohio State University Staffer Asked for Sympathy for Campus Attacker
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Dec. 1, 2016
An OSU employee is accused of urging compassion in a since-deleted Facebook post about suspected ...
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Millions of Muslims March Against the Islamic State?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov. 28, 2016
Reports that millions of Muslims protested against ISIS and that the news media ignored the even ...
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Hillary Clinton 'Accidentally' Gave ISIS $400 Million
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Nov. 3, 2016
A nonsensical claim conflates a $400 million Obama administration payment to Iran with a non-exi ...
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ISIS Leader Calls for American Muslim Voters to Support Hillary Clinton
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 21, 2016
A fake news item reported that ISIS' second-in-command had urged Muslim-Americans to vote for Hi ...
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WikiLeaks Confirms Hillary Clinton Sold Weapons to ISIS?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 13, 2016
As WikiLeaks released several batches of e-mails in October 2016, partisans claimed they confir ...
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Report: ISIS Issues Fatwa Against Breeding Cats in Mosul, Iraq
Written by:
David Emery
Oct. 8, 2016
An Iraqi news agency reported that the Islamic State's central fatwa committee issued a decree p ...
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Hillary Clinton Calls for Americans to Respect and Empathize with ISIS?
Written by:
David Emery
Sept. 19, 2016
A 10-second clip from a 2014 speech by Hillary Clinton has been misrepresented as an instance of ...
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