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“Says President Barack Obama made it "legal" for the media to "purposely lie" to the public when he "quietly signed into law HR 4310 in 2012.”
Social media posts Claim dated 20 Aug 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

In short

This claim spread on social media around 20 August 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 August 2019, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.

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