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On 3 July 2017, the web site ATC Memes published an article reporting that President Donald Trump had grounded all flights in the United States in honor of Independence Day: This was not a genuine news item. ATC Memes publishes a variety of content relating to the airline industry, including a section dedicated to satirical articles (of which this piece was one example): Satirical content, such as the story concerning President Trump shutting down all airports in celebration of 4 July 2017, is published in the site's news? section: In addition to the dubious source of the story, its false status was given away by live flight tracking web sites such as Flightaware.com that showed numerous planes criss-crossing over the United States on 4 July 2017.
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