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Written by: Arturo Garcia
Sept. 14, 2018
A Facebook user's bogus claim about hurricane escape routes was spread online even by people who ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 13, 2018
"junk" -- noun: "old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of lit ...
Written by: Dan Evon Bethania Palma
Sept. 12, 2018
An image of a large spiral cloud forming at sunset was created with the help of digital editing ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 12, 2018
A bogus quotation added to the widely-held, and possibly mistaken, belief that the 45th presiden ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 12, 2018
People looking to boycott Nike-owned companies may want to avoid Converse and Hurley products, b ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 11, 2018
Sensationalized headlines mischaracterized a controversial area of science that is in no way rel ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 10, 2018
A joke posted to the political humor section of Reddit was mistaken as genuine news by a number ...
Written by: David Emery
Sept. 10, 2018
Junk news sites reported that the currently unsigned NFL quarterback lost his endorsement deal a ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 10, 2018
A widely-shared meme fabricated a statement by the singer and actor, who is a fervent opponent o ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 9, 2018
The popular Los Angeles-born actor did not suddenly pass away at age 74 in September 2018.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 9, 2018
The latitude of the pyramid in decimal degrees can match a sequence of numbers expressing the sp ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 9, 2018
A video purportedly documenting a new strain of marijuana that was crossbred with a Venus flytra ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Sept. 8, 2018
A purported statement from the company asked critics to "respect our troops" and donate clothing ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 7, 2018
An image purportedly showing the Nike 'swoosh' symbol on the tag of a 'Make America Great Again' ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 7, 2018
Users of the controversial online forum 4Chan produced racially-charged and potentially dangerou ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 7, 2018
Junk news has gotten even junkier by simply recycling and republishing previous fabrications.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 6, 2018
Junk news sites cashed in on the supposed craze for burning Nike apparel as a protest over the c ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 6, 2018
Pumpkin spice flavorings have found their way into a number of products, but not yet Oscar Mayer ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 6, 2018
Claims that Sasha Obama was expelled from school after going on a racist anti-white rant origina ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 5, 2018
The former NBA superstar has not taken umbrage with the company's decision to use Colin Kaeperni ...
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