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Trump’s take on COVID testing gives short shrift to public health realities
By Shefali Luthra June 17, 2020

“If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any.”

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Maryland July 4th safety guidelines poster is fake
By Samantha Putterman June 17, 2020

Says the state of Maryland issued these Independence Day 2020 safety guidelines.

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No, Obama did not settle 1 million ‘Islamics’ in Minnesota
June 17, 2020

“The point of defunding the Police in Minneapolis is that Minnesota is where Obama settled 1 Million Islamics. They want Sharia Law.”

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How the Black Lives Matter Global Network is set up
By Daniel Funke June 17, 2020

“According to its website Black Lives Matter, Inc is NOT a charity. It is a full-fledged corporation that does NOT have any locations.”

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Was race the only difference in sentencing of two defendants in Florida?
By Amy Sherman June 17, 2020

A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the…

Claim that state workers are being paid to sit “idle” at home leaves out context
By Lawrence Andrea June 17, 2020

There are state workers who are "idle" at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

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CNN did not lighten a photo of the man accused of driving into Seattle protesters
By Daniel Funke June 17, 2020

“CNN lightened the photo of the man who drove into the protester last night in Seattle.”

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Conspiracy claim linking COVID-19 reports with the number 322 is nonsense
By Eric Litke June 16, 2020

Says news stories referencing 322 and COVID-19 are proof cases are being “synchronized”

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Blacks, Hispanics less likely to have jobs where they can work from home
By Jon Greenberg June 16, 2020

In COVID-19 crisis, “only 20% of African Americans had jobs where they could work from home.”

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No, this photo doesn’t show a woman George Floyd assaulted
By Samantha Putterman June 16, 2020

Says photo of beaten woman is Aracely Henriquez, a pregnant woman who George Floyd assaulted during an armed robbery.

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Widely shared Facebook posts mislead on COVID-19 mortality rate
By Chris Nichols June 16, 2020

“The CDC just confirmed a 0.2% death-rate for COVID19.”

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VP Mike Pence says Oklahoma flattened the COVID-19 curve. That’s False
By Louis Jacobson June 16, 2020

"In a very real sense, (Oklahoma has) flattened the curve. ... The number of cases in Oklahoma — it's declined precipitously."

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