Do Recent Wildfires Match Up 'Exactly' with California's Proposed High Speed Railway?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Nov. 15, 2018

A conspiracy theory suggests the deliberate burning of populated areas to make way for a high-sp ...

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Is Facebook Deleting an Image of a Cross Carved to Honor Fallen Firefighters?

Written by: Dan Evon

Nov. 15, 2018

Clickbait social media posts claim Facebook has an anti-religion bias.

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Did Donald Trump Jr. Say 'Let California Burn' Because They Voted for Democrats?

Written by: Dan Evon

Nov. 14, 2018

President Trump’s son purportedly proclaimed that California deserves wildfires over their polit ...

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Did 'The Grinch' Pistachio Ad Make a Crude Reference?

Written by: Dan Evon

Nov. 14, 2018

A cross promotion between the new movie "The Grinch" and "Wonderful Pistachios" is genuine, but ...

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Were Ewok-Like Creatures Called 'Chay Na Men' Found Near a Cave in Thailand?

Written by: Dan Evon

Nov. 12, 2018

Ewoks, for the time being, can still only be found on the fictional forest moon of Endor.

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Were Democrats Allowed to Vote Twice in Maryland's Midterm Election?

Written by: David Emery

Nov. 12, 2018

A caller on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Internet talk show claimed he overheard poll workers ...

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Did Obama Have Journalist Brenda Lee Forcibly Removed from Air Force One?

Written by: Dan Evon

Nov. 12, 2018

Barack Obama has possibly set a record for being the target of the most false political equivale ...

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Did Broward County Record More Votes Than Registered Voters in November 2018?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 12, 2018

A viral meme used wildly inaccurate figures as part of a conspiracy theory about electoral fraud.

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Did the Same 'Crisis Actor' Play the Mother and Victim in Three Different Mass Shootings?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Nov. 10, 2018

Three women who have suffered grievously deserve more respect than to be made the subject of jap ...

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Did Senate Candidate Kyrsten Sinema Vote to 'Allow Abortions Up to Birth'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 9, 2018

A pro-life web site misrepresented the pro-choice Arizona Democrat's voting record on partial-bi ...

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Did George Soros Demand That Failed Democratic Candidates 'Pay Him Back'?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Nov. 8, 2018

A right-wing Facebook "fan page" riled its users up with nothing more than a picture of the libe ...

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Did the News Media Ignore a Black Conservative Event at the White House?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Nov. 8, 2018

A Facebook post claiming that news outlets ignored the Young Black Leadership Summit ignored sev ...

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Did the Carnival Cruise Ship 'Triumph' Overturn and Sink?

Written by: Dan Evon

Nov. 7, 2018

"Jokes are created by users." But not necessarily good jokes.

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Did the Stickers on the Pipe-Bombing Suspect's Van Inexplicably Change After His Arrest?

Written by: David Emery

Nov. 6, 2018

Social media users speculated that something nefarious was behind apparent changes in the displa ...

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Did a Starbucks Executive Say That 'White Men Are the Root of All Evil'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 6, 2018

A notorious junk news web site grossly distorted comments made by Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer.

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Is George Soros Funding U.N.-Distributed Debit Cards to Refugees?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Nov. 6, 2018

Conspiracy-pushing blogs seized on a Slovenian "report" and conflated separate refugee aid prog ...

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Was Barack Obama the First Ex-President to 'Publicly Speak Against' His Successor?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Nov. 6, 2018

Is there truly anything that has never been done before in U.S. politics?

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Was Cesar Sayoc a Lifelong Democrat Who “Recently” Covered His Van in Trump Stickers?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Nov. 6, 2018

The mail bombing suspect had never been a registered Democrat, and his van had been home to pro- ...

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Did CNN's Don Lemon Celebrate 'Blue Wave' Flag Burners?

Written by: Dan Evon

Nov. 6, 2018

This is no laughing matter, literally.

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Does This Photograph Show Stacey Abrams Touting the Support of Communists and the Muslim Brotherhood?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Nov. 6, 2018

Candidates' political positions and affiliations are not determined by digital editing skills.

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