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Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 18, 2018
Reports that a Chinese engineer contracted an STD after having sexual intercourse with a sex rob ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 17, 2018
A disreputable web site used an unsourced and fabricated quote to link deaths from the flu epide ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 17, 2018
Gabapentin’s potential for abuse, especially in combination with opioids, may have been misjudge ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 17, 2018
Reports that the singer boasted about the results of a "DNA test kit" are just more fake news.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 17, 2018
Right-wing web sites grossly misrepresented the significance and meaning of one scene from one 2 ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 17, 2018
Reports that former NFL star O.J. Simpson was rearrested while attempting to slip across the U.S ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 16, 2018
A crude letter warning passengers on a cruise ship not to "engage in sexual acts" with pizzas wa ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 16, 2018
Showing how you arrived at an answer may demonstrate your answer to be the wrong one.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 16, 2018
An Infowars editor highlighted an excerpt from a post from a site that he was apparently unaware ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 16, 2018
A Twitter account promising $5000 for retweets doesn't actually belong to the 20-year-old Mega M ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 16, 2018
A satirical article fabricates federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry's statements about her brother ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 15, 2018
Dubious websites are attempting to use a season in which the influenza vaccine is less effective ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 15, 2018
The non-thinking person's way to generate faux political outrage is to suggest any addition to A ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 15, 2018
A satirical article responded to a recent controversy over the U.S. President's reported comment ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 15, 2018
A number of far-right web sites have posted misleading stories casting doubt on whether Dr. Band ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 12, 2018
A fake news web site attempted to ride a wave of Parton-related controversy in January 2018.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 12, 2018
Social media users began posting images of children wearing "Equally Racist" shirts after a sati ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 11, 2018
Not only can the latest health craze put you in danger of contracting dangerous diseases, the pu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 11, 2018
Rumors that a "Harry Potter" show was coming to Netflix were sparked by an April Fool's joke and ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 11, 2018
A prolific purveyor of "satire" publishes yet another false article that plays on fear and hatred.
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