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This week we have stories about Google, George Orwell, and Korean pop music.

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The Internet Archive, a screenshot, and a statement from Google all show that [the video the president shared was inaccurate.](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/trump-claims-google-didnt-promote-his-state-of-the-union)

It’s fake!

Did Google stop promoting the State of the Union address on its homepage when Trump became president?

A reverse image search and Google streetview confirm the image is fake, [AFP reports.](https://factcheck.afp.com/no-there-isnt-cctv-camera-outside-house-where-george-orwell-lived)

There’s a CCTV camera outside a house where George Orwell lived.

The story was posted to a site that labels itself as satire, but the screenshot went viral. A spokesperson for Jamaica’s prime minister [ultimately stepped in to tweet,](https://www.buzzfeed.com/ikrd/no-jamaica-did-not-make-k-pop-illegal?utm_term=.oq6BPrOGkg#.nalQb4dVXB) “This is NOT TRUE!!!!!”

Jamaica made Korean pop music illegal in the country.

[Police said](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/blakemontgomery/corpse-fish-tank-in-san-francisco) they found the body in the house of a man who was reported missing. The corpse had decomposed so much that police couldn’t figure out the body’s identity or sex.

It’s real!

Police found a headless torso in a fish tank in San Francisco.

The real person behind the Reddit account posted an Ask Me Anything thread after the shooting. He [told BuzzFeed News](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/jacksonville-shooter-redditor) the outlets that claimed he was the shooter didn’t reach out to him for verification.

Old Reddit posts show that the Jacksonville shooter posted anti-Trump messages and supported the “resistance.”

Snapchat and a handful of other services use a third-party map called Mapbox. [One possible explanation](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/snapchats-snap-map-is-currently-showing-jewtropolis-instead) is that Mapbox pulled in vandalized data.

New York City showed up as “Jewtropolis” on the Snapchat map.

[An investigation by AFP](https://factcheck.afp.com/no-not-video-journalists-staging-migrants-drowning) shows the viral video was actually the filming of a documentary about the 1922 Greek exodus.

It's fake!

The video below shows journalists staging migrants drowning.

Don’t worry — it will get better. Do some reading and stay vigilant. Better luck next week.

You’re drowning in fake news!

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You’re a fake news detective!

Congratulations: You’re unstoppable! Nothing can beat your BS-detecting instincts. But keep your nose to the ground. Fake news is always around.

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