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Written by: Dan Evon
March 15, 2017
A Facebook prank spread a rumor holding that the Cedar Point amusement park would not open in 20 ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 15, 2017
An image circulated online claims, among other things, that the use of red represents "the blood ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 14, 2017
The FitnessGram Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more di ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 14, 2017
Reports that the social media maven is stepping down were fiction created to sell a skin care pr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 14, 2017
Reports that Mike Pence and his staffers died in an airline accident are fake news that reused a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 14, 2017
A photograph of actor Hugh Jackman from a film set was shared online with a joking explanation o ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 14, 2017
Reports that Netflix would be closing in June 2017 because too many people share their accounts ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 13, 2017
Long-standing rumors that turkey legs sold in Disney parks are actually emu legs spiked after a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 13, 2017
Reports that President Trump eliminated funding for a veterans' suicide hotline are fake news.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 13, 2017
Reports that a man named Ezekiel Wilekenmeyer Williams filed a lawsuit claiming that he was the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 13, 2017
Reports that a Mississippi legislator said children whose parents cannot afford medical care sho ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 13, 2017
A prank news site falsely claimed 'Shameless' star William H. Macy died of a heart attack 'last ...
Written by: David Emery
March 11, 2017
Reports that the House Minority Leader was taken from her office in handcuffs for plotting to ov ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 11, 2017
Reports about White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's being given an ominous note in the middl ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 10, 2017
The computer magnate believes that vaccines can be used to reduce childhood mortality and ultima ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 10, 2017
A statement ostensibly uttered by Ben Carson about the 'nut of the mind' holding our 'most hated ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 9, 2017
Reports that President Obama was evicted from his "mansion" in Washington, D.C., because he tras ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 9, 2017
The claim that the former Fox News host was fired before even starting at her new post was just ...
Written by: David Emery
March 9, 2017
2017 reports that Fox News anchor Shep Smith had been fired by chairman Rupert Murdoch for being ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 8, 2017
An image showing a New York Times front page was circulated on social media along with statement ...
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