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Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 12, 2019
Doppelgangers definitely provide ample fodder for conspiracy theorists.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 19, 2019
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez may be the most memed woman of the year so far.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 26, 2019
Comments made by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul in a TV interview became weaponized on social media.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 23, 2019
Several websites grossly misrepresented and over-simplified Facebook's actions during the Irelan ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 9, 2019
A purveyor of junk news capitalized on the July 2019 death of the former presidential candidate.
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 27, 2019
A picture taken in 2018 captured Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, before she was elected to the U.S. Ho ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 17, 2019
Anonymous, unverified accounts on Twitter typically aren't the best sources for reliable news.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 2010
Hoax claims Dell Hospital will donate 15 cents towards the care of Maria, a raped child, every ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 3, 2019
Medical professionals are reacting to an incendiary remark made by U.S. President Donald Trump i ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 27, 2019
Omar's presence at charity and political events were not "terror" related.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 16, 2016
"North Korea officers .... could easily be defeated with a magnet."
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 11, 2019
Right-leaning and pro-life websites extrapolated loosely from a single November 2018 interview t ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 18, 2017
A photograph of Morgenstern's Black Ash Coconut was used to illustrate a falsehood about the "or ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 28, 2019
President Reagan may have termed the Soviet Union "evil," but Nancy Pelosi?
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 9, 2019
You can reach just about any conclusion with shoddy statistics and false premises.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 30, 2018
"He is one of the organizers of the Honduran migrant caravan."
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 19, 2018
The one-two combination of wildfire and rain can produce some risks, but toxic rain is not one o ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 18, 2018
Conspiracy theorists pointed to a medical examiner's report saying Best died of 'multiple blunt ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 8, 2018
It probably took less time to debunk this meme than it did to create it.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 2, 2015
A "Secret Sister" gift exchange scheme spread via social media promises windfalls it can't deliver.
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