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Written by: Dan Evon
June 23, 2017
Many rumors about strange creatures like cyclops or human-animal hybrids, can be traced back to ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 23, 2017
Partisan web sites misrepresent the source of funding for the Republican senator's care as an in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 22, 2017
Harrowing stories about hapless male sunbathers attacked by predatory sea birds.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 22, 2017
A satirical web site adds to the archive of distasteful fake stories about Bill and Hillary Clin ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 22, 2017
An image purportedly showing an sign in the London Underground asking people to wear deodorant b ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 21, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing the couple holding their new twin babies was digitally altered.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 21, 2017
Sometimes even pets uncomplainingly go along with children's play.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 20, 2017
While both bills could be faulted for periods of closed-door negotiations, experts agreed that t ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 20, 2017
A self-styled "satirical" web site concocted a story about the talk show host being "humiliated" ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 20, 2017
A Redditor's amusing tale of revenge and giant trees was full of holes — and when we got to the ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 20, 2017
The former president called Republican Sen. Jeff Flake to give his best wishes to those targeted ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 20, 2017
Even real deathbed confessions are questionable enough.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 19, 2017
What was mistaken by some for a snippet from a real video was actually a viral promotion for tel ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 19, 2017
While attributed to Hitler, this “leftist” quote actually came from one of Hitler’s political ri ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 19, 2017
A fake news article claimed that the President's youngest child had won a national academic award.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 18, 2017
Reports that the Fox News host was about to die after a bicycling accident were fake news.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 16, 2017
Claims about "breatharians," people purportedly living on light alone, do not offer proof that t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 16, 2017
A doctored image appears to show Hodgkinson holding a sign with a tweet about the Second Amendment.
Written by: David Emery
June 15, 2017
Partisan web sites have attempted to link Scalise shooter James Hodgkinson to the civil rights w ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 15, 2017
After Rep. Steve Scalise was shot on 14 June 2017, an infographic purportedly from Vox weighed R ...
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