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Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 20, 2019
Bad history does not make for good learning.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 19, 2019
An unreliable website's claim about the immigration status of the suspect in a double-murder cas ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 15, 2019
Sometimes it's difficult distinguishing which tweets are real and which are fake.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 15, 2019
Right-leaning U.S. websites grossly misrepresented advice given to the European Court of Justice ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2019
The former commander-in-chief isn't exactly known for wearing flashy, graphic tees.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 12, 2019
The claim comes from someone whose stated expertise on the topic is that in 1992 he repeatedly v ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 9, 2019
A Facebook user with the moniker "Jerry Jerry" claimed to be the brother of Dayton, Ohio, victim ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 9, 2019
A “friend of a friend” does not a compelling source make.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 7, 2019
Remember the children's "telephone" game, whereby a message passed from one person to another en ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 6, 2019
A viral rumor spread in the wake of a deadly mass shooting in Texas in August 2019.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 5, 2019
An incoherent conspiracy theory failed to take into account the ubiquity of coincidences.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 5, 2019
A viral hoax claimed immigration authorities were checking citizenship status of El Paso shootin ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 4, 2019
A Twitter rumor held that the chief executive's team went on a deletion spree after a mass shoot ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 2, 2019
Several African American legislators from the U.S. were part of a Congressional delegation that ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 2, 2019
We prefer using a microwave oven and saving the pickles to make Dill Popcorn.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 30, 2019
The Clinton "body bags" hoax is one of the longest-running internet conspiracy theories.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 30, 2019
Digital editing can create some surreal-looking scenes.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 30, 2019
Nothing jump-starts a Twitter fight better than obvious failures in chronology.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 29, 2019
Viral scarelore posts about sex trafficking are not uncommon these days.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 26, 2019
Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified before Congress in July 2019 about his report on whethe ...
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