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Written by: David Mikkelson
July 23, 2017
Reports that a waste company will be offering curbside dead body pickup service to offset “Trump ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 21, 2017
A disreputable website claimed the deceased singers from Linkin Park and Soundgarden were murder ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 21, 2017
A still from the movie Blitzmädels an die Front is frequently shared as if it were an aut ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 21, 2017
A parody video used logos and graphics from legitimate news sources to make a story about the ac ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 19, 2017
A blog fabricated a story about the tiny hamlet — after a series of threats and demonstrations t ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 19, 2017
The same fake news report of an estranged husband who murdered his wife and three children has b ...
Written by: David Emery
July 19, 2017
Unreliable web sites stoked partisan rancor by attributing a fake, self-aggrandizing quote to fo ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 19, 2017
A 2016 opinion piece was plagiarized in July 2017, complete with a click-bait headline.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 18, 2017
A fabricated story lead to widespread unfounded criticism of the hip-hop producer.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 18, 2017
A satirical web site published yet another fake story linking the Clintons to a fabricated death.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 18, 2017
A fake Art of the Deal quote was shared as meme in mid-2017.
Written by: David Emery
July 18, 2017
An April 2017 tweet in which Chelsea Clinton supposedly defended the cultural practice of "genit ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 17, 2017
A photograph of the president posing with a brunette woman doesn't depict Kremlin-linked attorne ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 17, 2017
A widely-shared quotation comes from a 2014 theater adaptation, not the original 1949 novel.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 17, 2017
A "prank" Facebook post claimed that Bigfoot was found dead on a lakeshore.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 17, 2017
After Klaus Eberwein's suicide, inevitable links to the "Clinton Body Count" rumor emerged, but ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 16, 2017
Reports that a pilot named Dimitri Noonan broke his silence about a secret meeting between Bill ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 16, 2017
A cartoonish photograph purportedly showing presidential sons Eric and Donald Trump, Jr. was dig ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 15, 2017
Reports that a dying CIA agent confessed to blowing up WTC Building 7 on 9/11 through controlled ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 14, 2017
A blog post, even if you like it and it is presented in downloadable PDF form, is not a peer-rev ...
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