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Trump Loses Support Of Police Union After Saying Tulsa Shooting Cop ‘Choked’ (VIDEO)

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September 22, 2016
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Trump Loses Support Of Police Union After Saying Tulsa Shooting Cop ‘Choked’ (VIDEO)

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This headline is best known as an example in BuzzFeed News’ 2016 study of hyperpartisan Facebook pages, whose reviewers noted that the story did not support the headline’s claim. We use it as a worked example of how a real event can be stretched in a headline.

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