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Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 12, 2019
Multiple news websites from around the world were taken in by a crude hoax in December 2019.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 11, 2019
A meme circulating on social media was posted amid impeachment proceedings against U.S. Presiden ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 11, 2019
It is a bit difficult for an imaginary person to be found dead.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 11, 2019
A bogus Facebook post in late 2019 was just the latest sex trafficking scare to emerge from Kent ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 10, 2019
Rumors of the rapper's demise spread in December 2019 after posts on "prank" news websites.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 9, 2019
Human trafficking scarelore stories make for frequent social media hoaxes.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 7, 2019
Fake death notices are often spread for malicious purposes.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 6, 2019
A right-leaning website grossly misrepresented what a two-year-old New York Times article actual ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 6, 2019
This viral clip should not be considered a true hair-raising experience.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 5, 2019
Hairstyles in the '60s and '70s could be pretty big ... but, seriously, THIS big?
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 4, 2019
Conspiracy theorists scraped another barrel in their attempt to tie Bill and Hillary Clinton to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 3, 2019
President Donald Trump made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to celebrate Thanksgiving 2019 with ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 2, 2019
Awareness of one's surroundings is always good, but scarelore can also lead to unwarranted fears.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 2, 2019
The smartwatch was first popularized by a fictional character, but was it really a character on ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 29, 2019
An amendment to a law that was already on the books makes no mention of key points raised on jun ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 29, 2019
Highly dubious websites posted false and distasteful articles that prompted unwarranted concern ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 26, 2019
An outdated claim that was widely questioned in the first place went viral amid emotional news.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 25, 2019
The U.S. president took a misleading paraphrase by a Fox News host and claimed it was a direct q ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 25, 2019
A dubious website made exaggerated and over-simplified claims about a complicated, long-running ...
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