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2024-12-01 17:59:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B65BEAC42E1AFDC0BB2DEC539F7F07453FDD484CE1F0BDA381F6688C5AF8693E
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Mel Gibson never said this. AFP Fact Check traced the origin of the quote to a story (https://archive.fo/SuTTt) published in 2017 on a website formerly called Your News Wire that changed its name to NewsPunch, and is today known as The People's Voice. https://factcheck.afp.com/there-no-public-evidence-mel-gibson-accused-hollywood-child-sacrifices-and-paedophilia https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/news-punch/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People%27s_Voice_(website) https://x.com/Shayan86/status/1862987713009336344 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mel-gibson-hollywood-pedophile-ring/
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