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This week we have stories about a wedding bouquet, Fox News, and a parrot.
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This photo offers the first look at children being held at a holding facility as a result of the Trump administration's policy of separating kids from their parents if they cross the border illegally.
Twitter: @runsanchrun
It's fake!
These heartbreaking photos are from 2014, the Obama era.
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This video shows the 6,000 people who marched to demand that anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson not be sent to jail.
Twitter: @USAHotLips
It's fake!
There was a protest supporting anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson, but it was a few hundred people, not 6,000. The video in the tweet was taken a few weeks before Robinson's arrest, Lead Stories reports.
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Is this a real tweet by Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren?
Twitter: @TomlLahren
It's fake!
The tweet came from a parody account that posted it in 2016, Snopes reports. It recently started recirculating.
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Fox announced it will pick up "Roseanne" after ABC canceled it.
Robert Trachtenberg / ABC
It's fake!
The rumor stemmed from a satirical article, Lead Stories reports, though some people fell for it.
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Is this video of a bridesmaid catching the wedding bouquet real or fake?
Twitter: @C_Austin_Cox
It's fake!
The video is actually from a 2016 Buick Super Bowl commercial, Snopes reports.
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A parrot in Florida learned how to control an Amazon Echo with its voice.
Flickr: volvob12b
It's real!
The parrot, named Petra, has been tormenting its owner by turning the lights on and off, NHPR reports.
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There’s a video game that lets players shoot up a school.
store.steampowered.com
It's real!
The game was removed from Valve's platform Steam after people objected.
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