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Written by: David Mikkelson
April 20, 2020
Jacksonville-area journalists were accused of lying to the public about photographs of the Jacks ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 20, 2020
An opinion issued by a doctor serving in Minnesota's Legislature gained traction with right-wing ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 17, 2020
Seems like there's a tweet for everything ... but that doesn't make it real.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 15, 2020
Many people do more than one thing, in different places, during their lifetimes.
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 15, 2020
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the frequent target of hoaxes and misleading memes.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 13, 2020
This outrage isn't going to stir itself.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 10, 2020
This is the false rumor you get when you mix a door-to-door salesman, a health ministry T-shirt, ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
April 10, 2020
Experts do not recommend heating up your personal protective gear like leftovers.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 10, 2020
No, but the original version of the photograph stirred up its own controversy.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 10, 2020
A fresh meme resurrected and combined some stale claims that we had already investigated at length.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 9, 2020
Parody news sometimes looks just like real news.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 8, 2020
No, but Walmart and other stores have set aside dedicated shopping hours for senior citizens.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 7, 2020
While the stimulus payment is technically a tax credit, its categorization as such was made only ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 6, 2020
One cannot break laws that do not exist.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 3, 2020
The IRS has not announced if Americans will be able to track the status of their stimulus paymen ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 3, 2020
Memes exploiting fear over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have been widespread on social media.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 2, 2020
COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus, but not all coronaviruses cause COVID-19.
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 2, 2020
A viral hoax warned against going out to buy bread, of all things, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 2, 2020
Somehow, some way, business magnate George Soros gets accused of being involved in almost every ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 31, 2020
A circulating text message warning about a scam was itself fraudulent.
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