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The Real Founders of Fake News? American Islamophobes

Right-wing pundit Bill O'Reilly rails against “Islamic extremists” on his former news commentary show, The O'Reilly Factor. (Fox News)

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. Anti-Muslim activists in the United States were operating in a “post-truth era” and putting out “alternative facts” long before those phrases entered the language. For the last decade they have been spreading provable […]

A Look at Some Widely-Spread Falsehoods About Muslims

Anti-Muslim fervor has been bubbling for years in the United States and Europe, periodically stoked by elected officials and media outlets. Most of these tropes — usually involving the “outraged Muslims demand special treatment” trope — are either partially or wholly false; but they are repeated ad infinitum anyway. Here are some of our top stories:

Mislabeled footage of an aggressive “Muslim migrant” shared by President Donald Trump is just one more hoax in a long line of fabricated anti-Islam stories. Anti-Muslim fervor has been bubbling for years in the United States and Europe, periodically stoked by elected officials and media outlets. Most of these tropes — usually involving the “outraged […]

FAKE NEWS: Muslim Migrant Beats Up a Dutch Boy on Crutches?

Muslim Migrant Beats Up a Dutch Boy on Crutches?

A video of a teenager beating up a person on crutches was shared by President Donald Trump along with the claim that the antagonist is a “Muslim migrant”. CLAIM A “Muslim migrant” beats up a boy on crutches in a video posted to a site in the Netherlands. SNOPES RATING – FALSE ORIGIN On 29 […]

When is a Muslim not a Muslim, a terrorist not Islam?

When is a Muslim not a Muslim, a terrorist not Islam?

CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 19, 2017 – When Barack Obama was president, he never missed an opportunity to observe that Islamic terrorists were not “real” Muslims. By implication, “real” Muslims can be pigeonholed into a definitive category. What exactly is a “real” Muslim? By Obama’s definition, Osama bin Laden was not a true Muslim. So why […]

Trump Lashes Out On Media Calling It ‘Fake & Fraudulent’ In Twitter Row

President Donald Trump defended his use of social media in a series of tweets Saturday and said his usage is “not presidential” but “modern day presidential,” following his tweets accusing the media of trying to convince lawmakers that he should stop using Twitter. “My use of social media is not Presidential – it’s MODERN DAY […]

Bogus Claims About ‘Underreported’ Terror Attacks

Ted Nugent Says the Parkland Survivors 'Have No Soul'

I’m out of excuses for the people in the Trump White House, and now things are starting to get really scary. In its relentless effort to delegitimize the press, the Trump administration has issued a long, long list of lies about terrorism attacks that supposedly went underreported. This was designed to back up President Donald […]

An ‘Alternative Facts’ Pizza With Zero Calories

An 'Alternative Facts' Pizza With Zero Calories

Kellyanne Conway made headlines Sunday when she told Chuck Todd on Meet the Press that press secretary Sean Spicer was using “alternative facts” to demonstrate the size of Trump’s inauguration crowd. The use of the term was widely ridiculed by the media, Twitter users and even Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, which felt the need to clarify the […]