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1614 The Monita Secreta Forgery debunked 0 cit. A book called the Monita Secreta claimed to reveal secret Jesuit instructions for gaining wealth and power. It was a forgery, written by a disgruntled former Jesuit, and became a staple of anti-Jesuit propaganda. religion / society ●●
1851 Cartwright invents "drapetomania" to justify slavery debunked 0 cit. Physician Samuel Cartwright coined "drapetomania," a fake disease he said made enslaved people flee bondage. It is a stark example of pseudoscience used to defend slavery and deny the humanity of the enslaved. science / society ●
1903 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Forgery debunked 0 cit. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a proven antisemitic forgery that falsely claims to record a Jewish plot for world domination. It was fabricated in Russia and has been used ever since to incite hatred and violence against Jews. politics / society ●●●●
1903 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a proven forgery debunked 0 cit. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, first printed in Russia in 1903, pretend to be the minutes of a secret Jewish plan to control the world's finance and governments. They are a fabrication, plagiarized from an earlier French satire that had nothing to do with Jews, and were exposed as a forgery by The Times of London in 1921. The whole idea of a Jewish plot to run world finance rests on this fake document and must be rejected outright as antisemitic invention. politics / society ●●●
August 1921 The Protocols Exposed as a Forgery debunked 0 cit. The Times of London demonstrated that the Protocols were plagiarized from earlier satirical writings and were a forgery. Despite repeated exposure, the fabricated text continued to circulate among antisemitic movements. politics / society ●●●
21 November 2006 Botched raid kills Kathryn Johnston in Atlanta debunked 0 cit. Atlanta narcotics officers used a no-knock warrant to break into the home of Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year-old woman, who fired once in fear and was killed in the return fire. Investigators found the warrant rested on a fabricated informant tip, and officers later admitted planting drugs and lying, drawing federal convictions. The case became a widely cited example of how paramilitary drug raids on bad information could turn deadly for innocent residents. politics / society ●●