NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

 

March 15, 2019



A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts:

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CLAIM: Photos purport to show wreckage from the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157.

THE FACTS: Two photos of plane crashes, both showing wreckage of tail sections, are circulating on social media and being falsely identified as debris from the Boeing 737 Max 8 jet that crashed Sunday. One of the photos, taken by Reuters, shows the overturned tail sectio...



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