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Older man reportedly struck at demonstration but he was not ‘wearing oxygen’
July 7, 2020

Black Lives Matter demonstrators attack “elderly man wearing oxygen.”

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What’s the President’s Daily Brief? Not ‘like a mini novel,’ as Fox News host says
By Bill McCarthy July 7, 2020

The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.”

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No, New York state hospitals didn’t report thousands of lung infections caused by face masks
July 7, 2020

New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”

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COVID-19 tests are not ‘scientifically meaningless’
By Daniel Funke July 7, 2020

“COVID19 PCR tests are scientifically meaningless.”

Pelosi compares cost of state and local aid from coronavirus relief bill to 2017 tax cuts
By Sophie Austin July 7, 2020

Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national…

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Donald Trump’s false claim that 99% of COVID-19 cases are harmless
By Jon Greenberg July 6, 2020

Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.”

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Photo shows a Brazil beach in 2013, not Raleigh (or elsewhere) during the pandemic
July 6, 2020

“Covid is never going away! This is the beach today in Raleigh, North Carolina.”

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Is Mask Wearing Causing Fungal Lung Infections? No, This Is Another Bogus Claim On Facebook
By Chris Nichols July 6, 2020

“People are starting to enter ERs with fungal lung infections from wearing masks!!"

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No, first lady’s dress was not designed from drawings by sex trafficking survivors
July 6, 2020

Says Melania Trump’s dress at Mount Rushmore speech was designed from “drawings of several young victims of sex trafficking.”

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Story about Ghislaine Maxwell, COVID-19 is a hoax
July 6, 2020

Says BBC prematurely reported “Ghislaine Maxwell moved to intensive care as coronavirus symptoms worsen.”

No proof ‘1 million’ North Carolinians exposed to coronavirus
By Paul Specht July 6, 2020

A study “showed that over 1 million people in North Carolina have now been exposed to the virus.”

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No, a national coin shortage during COVID-19 was not intentional
July 6, 2020

“The national coin shortage was done intentionally, the Mint is no longer releasing coins into circulation aka this is the beginning of the end of…

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