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Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 28, 2018
The claim that the Senate Minority Leader has a concealed weapons permit is based on one single ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 28, 2018
Viral warnings about "extreme hackers" stealing information via popular entertainment apps on Fa ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 28, 2018
Election officials rejected the possibility that CityKey cards could cause an upswing in voter f ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 27, 2018
Two fake quotes ostensibly uttered by the Florida senator resurfaced in the aftermath of the Feb ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 26, 2018
A fake news web site used a photograph of a white nationalist to spruce up another of their fabr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 26, 2018
An image purportedly showing famed astronomer Carl Sagan holding a sign reading "No Billboards i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 26, 2018
A 1974 report co-authored by Ruth Bader Ginsburg about sex bias in U.S. law has been grossly mis ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 26, 2018
As usual. satire is mistaken for reality when it reflects something the reading audience fears w ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 25, 2018
Rumors that a worker at Cadbury plant was arrested for contaminating the company's products with ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 25, 2018
President Obama hasn't announced he's seeking an international position he likely couldn't obtai ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 23, 2018
A story about a high school student talking his way into showering with girls after gym class is ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 22, 2018
A fabricated quote attributed to Tariq Ramadan has once again gained attention on the internet a ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 22, 2018
According to the first lady's spokesperson, widely shared reports that she demanded a White Hous ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 21, 2018
A conspiracy theory accusing Nick and Laura Phelps of being "crisis actors" received a new (and ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 21, 2018
A satirical web site played on allegations of racial profiling by the bureau for a humorous stor ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 20, 2018
A glitch that affects the time stamps on Google searches has led to bogus "false flag" conspirac ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 20, 2018
A meme used a fabricated quote based on Lahren's comments about politicians' offering thoughts a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 20, 2018
An impostor Twitter account posing as Rep. Maxine Waters posted an inflammatory remark with the ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 19, 2018
Dubious web sites have used students' purportedly conflicting accounts of a Florida mass shootin ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 19, 2018
The Metallica vocalist was falsely identified in a photograph amid 2014 protests over his involv ...
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