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Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 24, 2018
The chyron 'Trump Worried About Pecker Leaking' was created by an internet prankster, not the gr ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 24, 2018
A hyperpartisan Facebook page spread a fake and inflammatory meme after the death of Iowa colleg ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 23, 2018
The fabricated report of a grisly discovery in Illinois originated on a spoofed Fox News Channel ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 23, 2018
A pinch of fake news, a smidgen of flawed reading comprehension, and a dash of Islamophobic fear ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 22, 2018
Liberals and Fox News have ruined Festivus for everyone!
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 22, 2018
And under what unusual circumstances might an airliner end up in such a position?
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 22, 2018
An example of how no meme can be so over-the-top ridiculous that it won't at least prompt some q ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 22, 2018
A viral, scare-mongering Facebook post fabricated a series of fatal spider bites and used photog ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 21, 2018
An image purportedly showing a logically challenged sign in support of President Trump is actual ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 21, 2018
This theory was first popularized in a 2000 Canadian Medical Association Journal article.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 20, 2018
"Robot! WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!"
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 20, 2018
Such an interpretation of the 1952 law would not only be incorrect, it would betray an egregious ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 20, 2018
An image purportedly showing a giant blue whale sighted near Jennette's Pier in North Carolina i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 17, 2018
A video showing a man falling down a flight of stairs features computer animated graphics and wa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 17, 2018
A photograph purportedly showing a man wearing a ridiculous pro-Trump shirt was a digital manipu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 16, 2018
A meme showing political graffiti scrawled on Mount Rushmore originated with a Facebook trolling ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2018
Omarosa Manigault said that 600 murders took place in Chicago during the second weekend of Augus ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 14, 2018
A parody account in Strzok's name issued the combative tweet in the wake of the FBI agent's firi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2018
This was one of the more unusual "amusing" factoids associated with the young players of the Lit ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 13, 2018
A notorious producer of junk news posted a fake meme about veterans with a reference to a video ...
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