Fake News World
On March 20th, 2018 the Facebook page News World uploaded a video of supposed Muslim immigrants “attacking” a catholic church during mass. This accusation is untrue, but was based off a real event. According to Snopes.com “The post contains no evidence that backs their conclusions about the protesters’ religion or whether they were new arrivals to the country. Furthermore, the protesters did not “attack” a Catholic church, and mass was not in session during the incident as claimed”. Additionally, a French news article said “The Coordination des sans-papiers group has deployed a banner denouncing the "Asylum - Immigration" bill put forward by the government. "They were very respectful. They made noise, that's all. There was no aggressiveness, "says an employee of the Basilica”. The supposedly hostile group that “attacked” the church was in reality just a group of peaceful protesters that a Facebook news source took and slapped an untrue label on. 
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