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Greta Thunberg



Fake
In December 2019, a video supposedly showing teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg shooting a gun started circulating on social media. This video, however, does not show the 16-year-old Swedish girl but rather a Twitter user named “Emmy.”

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Namaki



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During the session Namaki said: "To get an idea of how much pressure our colleagues are under, just look at this photo. It's the image of a colleague, one of my sisters, an image that was sent to me from one of our hospitals." However, it was a Brazil nurse's pic, Amanda Ramalho.

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Trump and Canadian minister



True Origin This is a real news article published in CNN.COM. Click on the Fact Check Source to verify the source and links to the original video.

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Tourism News



Fake
Do you know? After this publication, as anticipated in the article, it was confirmed that the proposal had been a publicity stunt to promote tourism.

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Apirl Fool's Day



True Origin Bergens Tidende drops traditional April Fools’ Day joke for fear of ‘fake news’ stamp. Bergens Tidende skips the annual April Fools’ Day joke. The debate around false news means that the media house is afraid to gamble with their credibility.

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Trump distributes marshmallows



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The details like ‘kids making “S’more” out of the smouldering coals of their burnt homes’ is a satire. InitialReactionTime is a satire site.
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