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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:
*The Chinese Communist Party claim that the bat coronavirus originated in a [[Wuhan]] wet market and people eating bats.
*That there are no documented cases of fraud in the [[2020 presidential election]].
*That the [[1/6 Capitol protests]] was a white supremacist insurrection.
*That the 1/6 Capitol protests was initiated by Trump supporters.
*Two days after the [[Biden junta]] seized power, the ''Washington Post'' ended its alleged fact checker program.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/21/washington-post-ends-fact-check-program-for-trump-has-no-plans-to-launch-one-for-biden-1019603/</ref>
*Two days after the [[Biden junta]] seized power, the ''Washington Post'' ended its alleged fact checker program.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/21/washington-post-ends-fact-check-program-for-trump-has-no-plans-to-launch-one-for-biden-1019603/</ref>
*CBS used a picture from President Trump’s “Latino’s for Trump” event as a manipulative picture to showcase Joe Biden’s Latino outreach effort in Miami.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/09/16/fake-news-caught-again-cbs-uses-photo-from-latinos-for-trump-as-image-for-biden-latino-outreach-in-miami/</ref> In reality, as with virtually all of his events (including his installation on January 20), the Biden outreach event was sparsely attended.
*CBS used a picture from President Trump’s “Latino’s for Trump” event as a manipulative picture to showcase Joe Biden’s Latino outreach effort in Miami.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/09/16/fake-news-caught-again-cbs-uses-photo-from-latinos-for-trump-as-image-for-biden-latino-outreach-in-miami/</ref> In reality, as with virtually all of his events (including his installation on January 20), the Biden outreach event was sparsely attended.
*Russians hacked the [[DNC]] and gave Podesta emails to [[WikiLeaks]].<ref>https://thegrayzone.com/2020/05/11/bombshell-crowdstrike-admits-no-evidence-russia-stole-emails-from-dnc-server/</ref>
*Russians hacked the [[DNC]] and gave Podesta emails to [[WikiLeaks]].<ref>https://thegrayzone.com/2020/05/11/bombshell-crowdstrike-admits-no-evidence-russia-stole-emails-from-dnc-server/</ref>
*Fake news media spread the rumor, which [[Nancy Pelosi]] also picked up on and claimed, that President Trump suggested injecting people with Lysol to kill the coronavirus, irresponsibly twisting what Trump actually said out of context to suit their anti-Trump narrative.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/pelosi-spreads-dangerous-misinformation-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-president-asking-people-inject-lysol-lungs-video/ Pelosi Spreads Dangerous Misinformation Amid Coronavirus Pandemic: "The President is Asking People to Inject Lysol Into Their Lungs"] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> When [[Hillary Clinton]] also picked up on that fake news story and made a fool of herself by parroting it on Twitter, she was roasted for it on her Twitter account.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/hillary-clinton-tries-dunk-president-trumps-comments-injecting-disinfectants-backfires-bigly/ Hillary Clinton Tries to Dunk on President Trump’s Comments About Injecting Disinfectants… And it Backfires Bigly] at the Gateway Pundit</ref>
*Fake news media spread the rumor, which [[Nancy Pelosi]] also picked up on and claimed, that President Trump suggested injecting people with Lysol to kill the coronavirus, irresponsibly twisting what Trump actually said out of context to suit their anti-Trump narrative.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/pelosi-spreads-dangerous-misinformation-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-president-asking-people-inject-lysol-lungs-video/ Pelosi Spreads Dangerous Misinformation Amid Coronavirus Pandemic: "The President is Asking People to Inject Lysol Into Their Lungs"] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> When [[Hillary Clinton]] also picked up on that fake news story and made a fool of herself by parroting it on Twitter, she was roasted for it on her Twitter account.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/hillary-clinton-tries-dunk-president-trumps-comments-injecting-disinfectants-backfires-bigly/ Hillary Clinton Tries to Dunk on President Trump’s Comments About Injecting Disinfectants… And it Backfires Bigly] at the Gateway Pundit</ref>
*The "hoax" hoax: Both ''Politico'' and MSNBC claimed that President Trump called the [[coronavirus]] a hoax.
*The "hoax" hoax: Both ''Politico'' and MSNBC claimed that President Trump called the [[coronavirus]] a hoax.
*That President Trump's [[national security]] and public health travel bans are "racist".
*That President Trump's [[national security]] and public health travel bans are "racist".