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Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 1, 2017
A prank news article led to widespread rumors that Governor Terry McAuliffe had passed a law leg ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 31, 2017
Kushner departed for a surprise trip to Saudi Arabia as Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team wa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 31, 2017
Rumors that the Patriots' Bill Belichick reversed a decision to sign the player after a call fro ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 31, 2017
The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System sids conspiracy theory-related fears about a drill were ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 31, 2017
An article appearing to report that the actor had urged President Donald Trump to imprison Hilla ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 30, 2017
A baseless rumor that Jared Kushner had scrubbed his Twitter account was circulated in the wake ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 30, 2017
A joke about Fox News' coverage of Paul Manafort's indictment morphed into claims that the netwo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 30, 2017
"I don't want to face such an opponent!"
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 27, 2017
Several disreputable web sites used a fabricated quote as clickbait and plagiarized a two-year-o ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 26, 2017
A "satire" site posted a fake story appearing to report that Sgt. La David Johnson, who was kill ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 26, 2017
An article stakes its claim on a regurgitation of false information from a blogger who rejects m ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 26, 2017
A Twitter account posing as JD Wetherspoon falsely claimed the chain banned the flowers due to " ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 26, 2017
A doctored image of Trump circulated with a tongue-in-cheek request not to repost it.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 26, 2017
A gross-out story about an Iowa teacher's inappropriate punishment of a student was completely f ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 26, 2017
No, police didn't strand the football team in their locker room after a game against the Philade ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 25, 2017
"The short answer is that we don't know much about orgasms in other species."
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 24, 2017
Social media users sought to smear demonstrations against police brutality by insulting the char ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 24, 2017
A fabricated story blames the fluke 1967 aircraft carrier fire on the negligence of then-Navy bo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 24, 2017
A doctored image featuring Jimi Hendrix covered in tattoos was circulated on social media in Oct ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 24, 2017
A disreputable web site grossly misrepresented a memo reportedly sent to NFL Commissioner Roger ...
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