It looks like news outlets have been fooled once again into reporting a story that was just too good to check.

An Australian woman launched a movement this weekend to combat anti-Muslim sentiment by claiming on social media that she supported a Muslim who felt uncomfortable in public due to backlash caused by an Islamic State-linked terror attack in Sydney, Australia.

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