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Examples of major mainstream fake news stories in the recent past are:
Examples of major mainstream fake news stories in the recent past are:
*That use of [[ivermectin]] as early treatment against [[COVID-19]], which is often successful, was causing an overflow of emergency rooms at hospitals. It was not.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gunshot-victims-horse-dewormer-ivermectin-oklahoma-hospitals-covid-1220608/</ref>
*That a [[Trump]] supporter supposedly bludgeoned a [[United States Capitol Building|Capitol]] police officer to death with a fire extinguisher, on Jan. 6, 2021, which the ''[[New York Times]]'' did not retract until weeks after its publication.
*That a [[Trump]] supporter supposedly bludgeoned a [[United States Capitol Building|Capitol]] police officer to death with a fire extinguisher, on Jan. 6, 2021, which the ''[[New York Times]]'' did not retract until weeks after its publication.
*The Chinese Communist Party claim that the bat coronavirus originated in a [[Wuhan]] wet market and people eating bats.
*The Chinese Communist Party claim that the bat coronavirus originated in a [[Wuhan]] wet market and people eating bats.