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Senator Collins Oil Spill Interview – The Front Fell Off
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What the fact-checkers found
Email forward claims that an attached video shows an actual news interview in which Australian Senator Collins discusses a major oil spill that occurred in 2007.
Subject: THE FRONT FELL OFF
On August 19th 2007, an oil tanker off the coast of Australia split in two, dumping 20,000 tons of crude oil.
Senator Collins, a member of the Australian Parliament, appeared on a TV news program to reassure the Australian public.
This actual interview is so funny, you’d swear it was a Saturday Night Live or Monty Python skit.
Enjoy!
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