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Written by: Dan Evon
June 15, 2017
A fake news article was the latest in a series of claims about mishaps with the popular toy.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 14, 2017
An image showing a full moon above a setting sun and framed between two trees is not a genuine p ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 14, 2017
Viral web sites massively exaggerate the risk posed by these plants, even if that risk is rooted ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 14, 2017
Two nearly-identical articles report the same false incident in two far-flung cities.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 13, 2017
A satirical article contains some clues that the claim is false.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 13, 2017
A photograph purportedly shows vehicles in President Trump's motorcade positioned in an unusual ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 12, 2017
A video of a UFO that has been viewed millions of times on social media did not coincide with an ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 12, 2017
Reports that the minor celebrity from the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign was killed in a freak ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 12, 2017
A bizarre, entirely false story originated on a web site notorious for bizarre, entirely false s ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 12, 2017
An article that appeared to report that referees were bribed to poorly officiate a playoff game ...
Written by: Dan Evon Kim LaCapria
June 12, 2017
A fake news site spread a claim that a "furious" Chelsea Clinton was roughly detained on corrupt ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 12, 2017
Reports that a family got ticketed for burning a boat with a body in it originated from a hoax n ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 12, 2017
A supposed TIME magazine cover pictures President Trump with the headline "Liar in Chief."
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 11, 2017
Reports of a terrorist who accidentally killed himself while attempting to smuggle hand grenades ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 11, 2017
Reports that the city of Richmond is evicting low-income residents to decrease the municipal pov ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 10, 2017
Reports that the DEA raided the vacation ranch of U.S. Senator Hal Lindsay of New Jersey and sei ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 9, 2017
A self-debunking Reddit claim that Maxine Waters missed 90 percent of "Congressional meetings" w ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 9, 2017
Several web sites grossly misrepresented the truth about videos showing disturbances at a 2014 p ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 9, 2017
Imelda Marcos has not died, despite a long-circulating (and undated) article about her purported ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 8, 2017
An article on Breitbart News used flawed interpretations from a climate skeptic blog to amplify ...
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