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Facts and Data Aren't Enough to Combat Fake News

Featured on Snopes today: Ivanka Trump and China, Guatemala's giant, human-created sinkhole, and a sex scandal rumor targeting Justin Trudeau.

by Snopes Staff, Oct. 10, 2019



In case Americans hadn't had their fill of partisan finger-pointing about alleged ties between elected officials and foreign governments, the offspring of both U.S. President Donald Trump and his potential Democratic challenger Joe Biden are now targets of rumors and accusations.

With Trump supporters raising questions about Hunter Biden’s ties to a Ukrainian company accused of corruption, Biden’s supporters have called out first daughter Ivanka Trump for having business interests in China, in particular owning a trademark there for the production of voting machines.

Is there any there there? Snopes.com’s Bethania Palma reports.

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