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Trying to stay away from watching or reading news

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 2 Aug

I am disappointed the way tv channels are bellowing out news all benefiting the sponsors We are all educated and do have access to the real stories and when they turn and tiwst the issues to benefit the sponsors it stinks I...

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Mercedes is Not Melania, But of Course

Jim Bauer @porwest (112928) • United States 1 Mar 24

Whenever someone says, "Can you believe what Trump said?" I have to go and dig a little further. There are specific things I am looking for. An element of humor. An element of sarcasm. Context. And of course, the totality of the...

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Fighting Fake News

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 1 Mar 22

Reading comments on Facebook is so stressful, especially those coming from people spreading lies. Some even resort to historical revisionism which is such a big crime. It is good Youtube and other social media sites try to weed...

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Do you believe in myths?

Fiona @FionaRubi (81) 4 Aug 21

August is here. I love this month because it is infact my birthday month plus generally the weather tends to be great however people around me tend to think otherwise. See, August has been named a 'bad luck 'month in my town,...

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Sometimes It's How You Say It

Jim Bauer @porwest (112928) • United States 18 Jun 21

This post goes right to the heart of something I have been saying for a long time. It is not WHAT is reported in the news that matters sometimes. It is HOW it is reported that matters. Take this recent exchange between president...

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More Fake News?

The Horse @TheHorse (238388) • Walnut Creek, California 28 Feb 21

I am so tired of the Liberal Media distorting what Conservatives are saying. As a Conservative, I want politicians' views to be represented accurately. I just cut this bullsh*t from the Liberal Media: "Taking the stage for the...

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Conspiracy Theories

celticeagle @celticeagle (190074) • Boise, Idaho 16 Jan 21

I am getting all kinds of weird info about the COVID-19 and other subjects in social media. It worries me. I just got one from a family member that was a news story from Ireland saying that COVID-19 doesn't exist. It was on...

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What comes next - the Capitol Invasion never happened?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 7 Jan 21

America is so full of conspiracy theories that the next one seems ready to launch - all those stories about a mob of thugs pouring into the Capitol Building were just Fake News - it never happened! As we all know - because so...

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More "fake news" from the Communist Left!

The Horse @TheHorse (238388) • Walnut Creek, California 4 Jan 21

I can't believe the crap that the Lefties are coming up with about Donald Trump. The latest "fake news" is that Donald Trump actually spoke with Georgia's (Republican) secretary of state, asking him to "come up with" (almost)...

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Walmart Was Packed To The Hilt

Jim Bauer @porwest (112928) • United States 14 Nov 20

Everyday I watch the news. The current Corona crisis is worse than it has ever been. We're talking once more about shutdowns, lockdowns, stay at home orders, capacity limitations and curfews for restaurants and bars... And yet it...

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New York Times claims President Trump and the First Lady have contracted Corona Virus. Fake News?

The Horse @TheHorse (238388) • Walnut Creek, California 2 Oct 20

I read a New York Times article this morning claiming that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19, the Corona Virus. According to the same article, Vice President Mike Pence has...

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Friday, 28 Aug 20

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 28 Aug 20

Good Friday to you, hope your day is going well. I stayed up most of the night again till I was comfortable that the protest/riots were quiet enough and I went to sleep. It reminded me of my time in the Marines, I slept very...

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Fake news going Round.

Explorer @ExplorewtMe (6332) • Nairobi, Kenya 12 Jul 20

Some time from somewhere some fake news of infection and death is arising creating panic among people. We don't want this false news to go round Now. People need to be aware and they should take care and precaution. Stay away...

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Fake News: A Big Fat Bat

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 30 Jun 20

I am so dead tired. Before I end my day, I checked some news on Yahoo and this what I found. A piece of fake news is circulating on Tweeter. The photo was enhanced to make it bigger in size. I am not going in detail and attached...

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Whoah! GOODBYE to CORONAVIRUS?!?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 14 Apr 20

An intern of mine before is spreading this photo on FB. She seems so determined not to stop doing it. First and foremost, it was not proven yet. I told her that she needs to provide proofs about this claim. What makes you tick...

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Fake News Spotted

Bojel @jobelbojel (36796) • Philippines 10 Apr 20

Hoax has been busted after someone posted or shared a video with a caption "Some country throw covid19 infected bodies into the seas.Advice to stop eating seafood.The world is really getting to an end.Dear God pls interced". That...

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Fake News Causes Panic

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 27 Mar 20

It's already the 13th day that we are on an enhanced quarantine (sort of a lockdown), but people still go out due to panic buying of food. due to false news. A cousin told me to buy food good for a month or two because Duterte...

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I found debating fake news trolls very therapeutic.

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32760) • Calgary, Alberta 27 Mar 20

Dilawan is their invented derogatory term for people who Supported Noynoy Aquino, the President before Duterte. Even if you voted for Mirriam, Grace Poe or Binay instead of Mar Roxas... They will still call you Dilawan. They...

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This is how Duterte Manipulate Filipinos

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32760) • Calgary, Alberta 22 Mar 20

I don't live in the Philippines anymore but I do love that country. That place have very fun loving and kind people. The only flaw is how they select leaders. The picture above are what Duterte's propaganda team uses to spread to...

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Bananas are good combatants for novel coronavirus.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 16 Mar 20

A research in Australia tasked on developing a vaccine has come up with a way to combat the novel coronavirus - eat a banana a day. Won't go into the technicalities because I really am ignorant of this vitamin thing but...

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