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With all of the politically-charged talk about banning “fake news” sites, it seems appropriate to review some of the worst fake news stories pushed by mainstream media outlets. No matter how large your family gathering is this Thanksgiving, you won’t be chowing down on a turkey as big as these phony stories from A-list television shows and publications.

Singer Lady Gaga revealed in a recent interview with Beats 1’s Zane Lowe that the song “Angel Down,” which appears on her new album, Joanne, is about the highly publicized 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

On September 14 Missouri’s Republican lawmakers overrode Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of SB 656 and made Missouri the newest “Stand Your Ground” state. Breitbart News previously reported that the veto override also abolished permitting requirements for law-abiding citizens who wish

A large mural in a Michigan neighborhood that once read “Black Lives Matter” has been altered to read “Black Dads Matter.”

Rapper T.I. has released a politically charged song titled “War Zone,” that’s chock-full of Black Lives Matter-inspired themes and racial rhetoric.

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke ripped Beyoncé for bringing the mothers of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner and Oscar Grant to the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, telling Fox News in an interview that the pop star did so only to “use” them “as a backdrop.”

Beyoncé brought the mothers of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner and Oscar Grant with her to the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet Sunday night.

A police-involved shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has begun to make headlines across the world, and because the case is in its very beginning stages, it is a perfect case study in how social media platforms like Twitter have become an Institutional Left manipulation of how a story works. Already, protests have begun in Baton Rouge, and the story is making headlines in NBC News, New York magazine, The Huffington Post, and international outlets like the BBC and Al Jazeera.

George Zimmerman said he has sold the gun he used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012 for $250,000, television stations in Orlando and Las Vegas reported on Friday.

George Zimmerman planned to auction the handgun he used to shoot Travyon Martin when attacked on February 26, 2012, before the website canceled the auction.

MIAMI (AP) — An online auction appears to have been halted for the pistol that former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will deliver the keynote speech at a fundraiser for the Trayvon Martin Foundation at its annual Circle of Mothers Weekend and Conference.

Rapper Rick Ross visited the White House on Friday as an ambassador for President Obama’s black and Latino youth program — and his court-ordered ankle monitor reportedly went off shortly after the president concluded a speech.

On Saturday night, Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, campaigned for Hillary Clinton and told supporters that gun control is “about human rights.”

Per a report by Wave3, a piece of student artwork is the cause of controversy at a Kentucky school district. The artwork, being displayed at North Oldham High School, depicts a police officer aiming a gun at the head of an

On Friday, Trayvon Martin’s name began trending again on Twitter. It’s been four years since Martin was killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida – and today was Martin’s birthday. That meant that the media took the opportunity to reinforce the myth of St. Trayvon of the Blessed Hoodie, victim of brutal white racism. So, here’s the real Trayvon Martin story.

Sabrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, who was killed in February 2012 by George Zimmerman, endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday in an op-ed for CNN.

Michigan state senator Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) is pushing Senate Bill 611 to repeal her state’s stand your ground law in light of Trayvon Martin’s death and what she suggests are countless deaths that result from gun owners not backing down.

Police are searching for a hoodie-wearing man who tried to kidnap a woman off the street New Orleans, then shot a Tulane medical student who tried to intervene to save her.

On the 47th anniversary of the landmark San Francisco State Strike, radical student movements, propelled by protest over the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri last year, have again swept universities from coast to coast.

We’ve seen this before: An encounter between a black citizen and police is framed as an example of racial profiling. The story spreads like wildfire on social media and is pointed to as evidence of the need for immediate cultural change.

A woman who is a dean at a Texas university claimed she was harassed by white cops in her upscale community for ‘walking while black.’ The only problem, a police dashcam video tells a different story.

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton met with Trayvon Martin’s family and other African American families whose loved ones have died in shootings.

Usher, Nas and Bibi Bourelly have dropped a highly interactive video for their new song “Chains.”

Sixty years ago today, Emmett Till, a 14 year-old black teenager from Chicago whistled at a white woman in Mississippi while on vacation with his family. The woman was 21 year-old Carolyn Bryant. At the time she was working behind

In an August 23 Facebook post, Hillary Clinton contended that citizens and police were “much too eager” to use a gun, and she suggested the solution is to “rewrite” self-defense laws like “stand your ground” while making sure police officers are better “trained.”

George Zimmerman has painted a Confederate flag, which he is selling to raise money for Florida Gun Supply—the store that declared itself a “Muslim-free zone” in the wake of the Chattanooga attack.

Following the shooting that left two dead at a Lafayette theater during a July 23 showing of Trainwreck, comedian Amy Schumer received an open letter imploring her to join the fight for gun control fight. The letter also urged her

Under the liberal policies of sanctuary cities – those city officials do not have to turn over illegal immigrants to ICE, which was the case with Lopez-Sanchez because ICE officials had requested that San Francisco police let ICE know when Lopez-Sanchez were to be released so that ICE would be able to take him into federal custody, but San Francisco refused to notify the federal officials.

A nationally recognized black scholar is now criticizing Jay Z’s May 16 freestyle rap performance at Terminal 5 in New York City for its racial context.

In March, the Jay Z-helmed music streaming service Tidal launched alongside some of the industry’s wealthiest stars at an event that quickly turned off scores of potential subscribers.

Protesters are still intent on keeping the “#BlackLivesMatter” movement going strong, taking their demonstrations to California’s Central Coast region.. This Saturday, eight protesters were arrested after they blocked all four lanes of a Highway 1 and walked towards oncoming traffic in Monterey, California.

George Zimmerman criticized President Obama’s response to his acquittal, which he describes as “pitting Americans against each other solely based on race.”

In an interview with The Daily Caller’s Ginni Thomas published on Sunday, Milwaukee Co., WI Sheriff David Clarke cautioned against making the likes of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown into civil rights figures, arguing doing so desecrates the legacy of

Thursday at the White House, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted a reception in recognition of African-American History Month. Obama said, “Today, on the third anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death, showing all our kids, all of them, every

On February 23 Cornell University held an event to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry was the guest speaker, and during her speech she took time to say she hoped Trayvon Martin “whooped the sh*t out of George Zimmerman” before Zimmerman shot him in self-defense.