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Russian Media Promotes Pentagon Explosion Hoax, Causing Stock Market Dip

FALSE ALARM

A photo of a black cloud billowing from the Pentagon was quickly exposed as a fake—but Kremlin-linked outlet RT shared it anyway.

William Bredderman
William Bredderman 

Senior Researcher

The Pentagon
Reuters/Hyungwon Kang
William Bredderman

William Bredderman

Senior Researcher

WillBredderman

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