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Rumor #1

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Rumor #3

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These examples originated in the Feb. 28, 2022, issue of The Sift® newsletter from the News Literacy Project. You can read archives of the newsletter and subscribe here. ��You can read detailed entries on each of these rumors on NLP’s viral rumor rundown blog (rumors.newslit.org).

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