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Written by: David Emery
July 17, 2018
Hyperpartisan web sites promulgated false claims about the billionaire's contributions to candid ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 17, 2018
A bizarre story posited that a Nevada morgue employee found an inventive way to combine two prom ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 17, 2018
A young woman dressed in a "Stay Clear Boys" shirt supposedly exacted revenge on her overprotect ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 17, 2018
Some confusion over the meaning and process of impeachment resulted in the spread of false infor ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 17, 2018
An image purportedly showing accused Russian spy Mariia Butina in the Oval Office with President ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 16, 2018
Caught between a rock and a hard place ... literally?
Written by: Dan Evon
July 16, 2018
A flippant and fabricated article about a genuinely horrific subject is an example of the worst ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 16, 2018
Years-old footage of a newscaster laughing was repurposed and shared as if it showed a reporter ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 15, 2018
Pictures of President Trump's suffering a stroke and a supposed virus attached to them are both ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 14, 2018
Rumors holding that MAPs (Minor Attracted Persons) created a pride flag in an attempt to join th ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 13, 2018
The mischievous use of pixellation gave some viewers the false impression that a video showed Lo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 12, 2018
An image showing a bear dangerously close to an oblivious fisherman was created for a Photoshop ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 12, 2018
A photograph of a common piece of farm equipment was shared with false accusations concerning an ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 11, 2018
Some viewers mistook a spoof trailer for a sequel to the movie "Forrest Gump" as genuine in June ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
July 10, 2018
Conspiracy-peddling web sites seized on a fatal explosion as a means to push more dubious stories.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 10, 2018
A meme created by a satirical Facebook page convinced some viewers that a fictional congresswoma ...
Written by: David Emery
July 9, 2018
Reports of a viral epidemic that supposedly killed 16 people in Louisville originated on a prank ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 9, 2018
An image graphic purportedly comparing how Obama, Clinton, Bush and Trump celebrated the 4th of ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 9, 2018
An obscure satirical web site managed to trick many readers with a fabricated story in the summe ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 6, 2018
The sartorial aspects of Gareth Southgate, manager of England's national football team, have dra ...
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