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Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 1, 2018
A variant of a years-old rumor about a worker adding HIV-infected blood to foods or beverages ta ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 28, 2018
The only similarity between the men in these two pictures is what appears to be a shared love of ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 27, 2018
A Facebook page that calls itself "the Alt-right Onion" posted a fake story based on the lyrics ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 26, 2018
More purported evidence that all of Brett Kavanaugh's accusers can somehow be linked to every pr ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 26, 2018
The identity of a woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct has been confused with ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 25, 2018
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is apparently a Zelig-like figure who has met and posed with every pro ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 25, 2018
The only thing that appears to be “absolutely fabricated” here is that statistic.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 24, 2018
Believing this claim also requires believing that someone who tweets #Pizzagate and #Qanon consp ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 24, 2018
A notorious producer of junk news attempted to make hay during Week 3 of the 2018 NFL season.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 23, 2018
Apparently any photograph of a woman semi-clothed and drinking can be used to smear the credibil ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 20, 2018
Junk news sites reported that a "Puerto Rico mayor" was arrested on fraud charges and misleading ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 20, 2018
A fabricated and nonsensical quote about the September 11th terrorist attacks and President Trum ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 19, 2018
A video appears to capture the disturbing and messy aftermath of a school prank.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 18, 2018
A video purportedly showing the creation of a lemon-pomegranate hybrid fruit was created as a joke.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 18, 2018
A photograph of an elephant carrying a lion cub should need to be real to be considered the "bes ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 17, 2018
Right-wing websites concocted a cynical (and grossly inaccurate) conspiracy theory about a woman ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 17, 2018
A video purportedly showing an airplane being spun around by typhoon-force winds is actually a c ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 16, 2018
This meme is not only false, but it seemingly undermines the very point it's trying to make.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 16, 2018
Deceptive memes purport to correct misinformation offered by other supposedly deceptive memes.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 14, 2018
A report that a Facebook event encouraging people to "shoot guns at Hurricane Florence" had caus ...
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