Here’s the Fake News

Some false headlines circulating on social media this week

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media.

The Associated Press checked these out; here are the real facts:

NOT REAL: Fire Dept: Room Full Of Servers, Hard Drives Destroyed In Clinton House Fire

THE FACTS: A conspiracy-oriented site published this account of a small fire on property owned by Bill and Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, New York, anonymously quoting a fire official who said “smashed-up hard drives” and burnt paper were found at the scene.

A town official said the fire was likely caused by a broken ceiling fan and damaged only the ceiling in a room used by the U.S. Secret Service.

Hillary Clinton faced heavy criticism throughout her presidential campaign for her use of a private email server that was located at the Clinton home. Golden Jewelry Down Into Towering Donald Trump Statue

THE FACTS: The Jan. 2 story by a Christian satire site Babylon Bee, reporting that Pastor Robert Jeffress asked members of his congregation to melt down their jewelry to build a statue to the president, went viral this week.

It was accompanied by an altered photograph of Trump giving the thumbs-up with Jeffress in the background. Trump and Jeffress did appear together in July at a Kennedy Center event in Washington, but Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida the previous weekend.

The church said it wouldn’t comment, because it's a satirical piece.