'GOOGLE IT': Donald Trump promotes conspiracy theory, fake photo of Megyn Kelly and Saudi prince
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Trump tweeted someone's photo that supposedly shows Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Alwaleed's sister, and Kelly.
The text on the image stated: "Most people don't know that the co-owner of Fox News is Prince Al-Waleed of Saudi Arabia here with his sister and with host Mygan [sic] Kelly. In case you only watch Fox News and you missed it everywhere else. GOOGLE IT!"
However, Googling the claim yielded multiple fact-checking websites declaring that it was mostly false. Snopes.com reported that the photo was a fabrication and found the original photo of Kelly.
Both Snopes.com and PolitiFact reported that the ownership claim wasn't true, but the billionaire Saudi prince's investment company owns a smaller amount of 21st Century Fox.
The Republican presidential front-runner's tweetstorm was heavily focused on Fox News and Kelly, one of the moderators at the Thursday-night primary debate that he's boycotting.
Trump has attacked Kelly relentlessly since last August, when she was one of the moderators at the first Fox-hosted debate. Kelly infuriated Trump at the time by asking a supposedly unfair question about disparaging comments he's made about women's looks.
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