If You Get 3/7 On This Quiz, You're Drowning In Fake News
This week there are stories about swans, Dr. Oz, and Julian Assange.
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Is this photo of Julian Assange and Pamela Anderson real or fake?
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It's real!
Although some people online doubted the photo is real, it was taken for a Hollywood Reporter story and the magazine's editorial director confirmed it was genuine.
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The man who threw his shoes at George W. Bush is running for office in Iraq.
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It's real!
The man behind the legendary shoe throw, and who spent nine months in jail for it, is running for Iraq's parliament.
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The woman in this photo is a member of the migrant caravan seeking asylum in the United States.
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It's fake!
The image comes from a pornographic photoshoot, Snopes reports, and is part of the wave of misinformation targeted at asylum seekers trying to escape persecution in their home countries.
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A man has been arrested because he practiced karate by kicking swans in the head.
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It's real!
Witnesses said the man was laughing while he was kicking the birds.
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Courtroom sketches prove that Canadian authorities are engaged in a cover-up of the deadly van attack in Toronto.
It's fake!
People claimed that the difference in hairstyle between the grainy photo and the courtroom sketch suggest the authorities are covering up a "jihadi" terrorist attack, but there is absolutely no evidence for this.
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Michelle Wolf's jokes at the White House Correspondents' Dinner caused her to lose a $4 million contract.
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It's fake!
The hoax was published by a website called Daily World Update that posts fake news under the guise of satire, Lead Stories reports.
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President Trump tapped Dr. Oz to be a government health adviser.
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
It's real!
TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz was named as a member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.
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Jane Lytvynenko is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Toronto, Canada. PGP fingerprint: A088 89E6 2500 AD3C 8081 BAFB 23BA 21F3 81E0 101C.
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