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  • 2016-04-01 (xsd:date)
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  • Bernie Sanders Plans to Tax Churches? (de)
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  • On 10 March 2016, the web site Fox News the FB Page published the above-reproduced graphic alongside an article claiming that Bernie Sanders had revealed a plan to tax churches at a rate of 90 percent: The tone of the comments attributed to Sanders didn't sound much like anything he has ever said on the record. The concluding paragraph of the item was also implausible: The description of Hillary Clinton as Senator was outdated, as the most recent position held by Clinton (and the one by which she was most often referenced) was Secretary of State. The article was lifted and republished verbatim by the web site USA Newsflash on 12 March 2016, and many readers didn't notice the Satire label at the bottom. Both the web site and Facebook page for Fox News The FB Page were styled to mimic visual elements of the Fox News channel, but they maintained no affiliation with the network and primarily satirized its reporting. Previous phony items attributed to Fox News by Fox News the FB Page included claims President Obama signed an executive order to remove God from the Pledge of Allegiance, Carly Fiorina said without Christopher Columbus we'd all be speaking Indian, President Obama blamed the shooting of two TV anchors on white privilege, and Ben Carson said slavery was the best thing to happen to black Americans. (en)
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