If You Get 3/7 On This Quiz You're Getting Sucker-Punched By Fake News
Get your bullshit detector ready.
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1. Are these real ads from the Moscow airport?
Rachel Palermo / Via Twitter: @RachelEPalermo
It's real!
When reached for comment about the airport ads, RT thanked the "troll armies that hacked the display screens for us" and warned that reporting on the ads could lead to being "accused of colluding with the Kremlin to promote its 'propaganda bullhorn.'"'
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2. The White House chef resigned because Trump has only eaten fast food for the last six months.
Getty Images
It's fake!
The story was published on a satirical news site, Politifact reports, and doesn't even include the chef's real name.
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3. In his final press conference, Obama said America owes him a "debt of gratitude."
Conservative Daily Post
It's fake!
The six-month-old article was recently reposted by a handful of conservative sites. Even six months later, the article fails to provide evidence Obama said the US owes him a "debt of gratitude," Snopes reports.
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4. Former FBI leader James Comey is having an affair with former DNC chair Wasserman Schultz.
freedomcrossroads.us
It's fake!
The website that published the post targets conservatives with fake news, Politifact reports, and there's no truth to it.
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5. Is the image in this tweet real or fake?
Twitter: @laurenduca
It's real!
Fox News really did run a graphic that said, "Eventually we will get something done," Snopes reports. Trump was talking about the death of the Republican health care bill.
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6. A video shows an immigrant stealing from a Range Rover.
Mad World News
It's fake!
A handful of conservative websites said the man in the video is a "migrant," but the Metropolitan Police told BuzzFeed News he's a UK national.
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7. Is the quote in this image real or fake?
Twitter: @TheFourthStooge
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