NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Associated PressA roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. Thousands of social media users this week shared a fearmongering article that falsely claimed to provide evidence for why “vaxxed pilots should not fly.” The article shared two examples of incidents it said took place on American Airlines flights traveling from DFW to Fort Myers, Florida, and from DFW to Los Angeles. ___ Fox News wasn’t banned from UK, contrary to false claims online CLAIM: Fox News was banned from operating in the United Kingdom for promoting right-wing “propaganda.” THE FACTS: U.K. regulators did not ban Fox News from operating in the region. Fox News’ former parent company, 21st Century Fox, announced in August 2017 that Fox News would stop broadcasting in the U.K. due to the channel’s low viewership there. — Associated Press writer Josh Kelety in Phoenix contributed this report ___ Posts falsely conflate civil lawsuit with Ghislaine Maxwell criminal case CLAIM: Recently unsealed court documents show a list of defendants, including some celebrities, named as “co-conspirators” in Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case.
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