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PolitiFact R.I. rules DePetro's claim on marathon bombing suspect's grave site Pants on Fire

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The May 9 announcement that a burial site had been found for the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev led to speculation about the location of the grave.

The next day, after media outlets confirmed that Tsarnaev had been interred in a Muslim cemetery 15 miles from Richmond, Va., WPRO talk show host John DePetro weighed in.

DePetro, at first, seemed to ask his talk-show audience if the site was near John F. Kennedy's grave. But then he simply declared to his listeners that it was.

"You know, in a way, think of who else is there. That is, President Kennedy is buried not far from there, in Virginia," he said.

PolitiFact Rhode Island checked DePetro's claim and ruled it Pants on Fire. Read the complete analysis here.


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