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This week we have stories about mannequins, Jussie Smollett, and a missed connection.

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The Fake News Quiz This Week Includes Jussie Smollett, Mannequins, And A Missed Connection 

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Passengers going to Germany found themselves in Scotland's capital, Edinburgh. The airline is still investigating the incident, [the BBC reported](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47691478).

It's real!

A flight headed for Germany accidentally went to Scotland.

Some companies are using mannequins to identify shoppers’ age, gender, and race, [Wired reported](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mannequin-spies-on-customers).

Mannequins are using facial recognition technology to spy on shoppers for market research.

The claim was spread by a website that didn't provide any sources, Lead Stories reported, and it seems to have originated on Reddit.

It's fake!

Jussie Smollett’s phone records show over 200 phone calls made to Kamala Harris.

This went viral on Facebook and Twitter, but there's no evidence that this money exchanged hands, which would be against the law, [PolitiFact reported](https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2019/mar/20/tweets/no-texas-democratic-party-did-not-give-beto-orourk/).

Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke received back a $4.5 million donation he gave to the Democratic Party.

After a private satellite provider temporarily stopped carrying Sky News, the story got distorted online, [Snopes reported](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-new-zealand-mosque/). Many posted that the government banned Fox News, Sky News, or both, but the channels are still available in New Zealand.

The New Zealand government took Sky News and Fox News off the air because of their Christchurch mosque shooting coverage.

In total, the man siphoned nearly $50 million from companies, [Reuters reported](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-fraud-tech/lithuanian-pleads-guilty-in-u-s-to-massive-fraud-against-google-facebook-idUSKCN1R12FB), but the funds have been recovered.

A Lithuanian man defrauded Google and Facebook by sending them invoices for items they never ordered or received.

The picture is just bad photoshop, [PolitiFact reported](https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2019/mar/27/viral-image/no-isnt-real-photo-barack-obama-kissing-david-came/).

Is this photo real or fake?

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