claim: white house press secretary sean spicer said that the united states was "absolutely ready for world war iii" under president donald trump's strong leadership.
question: did sean spicer say ‘we’re absolutely ready for wwiii’ under trump?
origin: on 7 april 2017, an article appearing to report that white house press secretary sean spicer said that he wasn’t worried about starting world war iii, since the united states had a strong and confident leader in president donald trump, was published by at least two web sites in the newslo network, politicass and politicops:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  the web site features a “show facts/hide facts” button on its hybrid articles that allows readers to identify which part of the article is real and which part is fake. in this case, the article starts with a genuine quote from spicer, but quickly devolves into misinformation.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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comment: a quote supposedly from white house press secretary sean spicer about the start of world war iii originated with a hoax news article.
summary: on 7 april 2017, an article appearing to report that white house press secretary sean spicer said that he wasn’t worried about starting world war iii, was published by at least two web sites in the newslo network. in this case, the article starts with a genuine quote from spicer, but quickly devolves into misinformation. the web site features a “show facts/hide facts” button on its hybrid articles.