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Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 1, 2017
A photograph from a separate viral outrage was recaptioned with the claim that it shows a small ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 1, 2017
According to rumors, a Facebook popup window is warning Standing Rock protesters that their acco ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 31, 2017
An image showing a promotion at Starbucks that exhorts customers to provide the name "Aloha Snac ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 31, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing Melania Trump's grandmother is actually actress Janet Leigh in ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 31, 2017
No, President Trump's immigration order did not result in the capture of "Rasheed Muhammed" at J ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 31, 2017
Reports that Trump has put transgender people "on notice" come from a fake news web site.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 31, 2017
Reports of an international dispute over social media usage among world leaders are complete fab ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 30, 2017
This claim is rooted in the willfully negligent reading of a NASA press release by a U.K. tabloi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 30, 2017
A purported quote from a White House senior adviser came from a web site that blends factual sto ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 30, 2017
No study proved that 25 million fraudulent votes were counted or cast for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 29, 2017
Newly planted trees require watering even if they are planted during a time of rain.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 27, 2017
Despite some convincing photographs on the internet, Donald Trump did not doctor a White House p ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 26, 2017
The photographs have been on the Internet since before the 21 January 2017 march.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 26, 2017
There may well be plenty of things to worry about, but a civilization-destroying asteroid is not ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 25, 2017
An image purportedly showing a threatening tweet from MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow is fake.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 25, 2017
Reports that President Trump "revoke[d] all sixteen Thanksgiving Day turkey pardons," ordering t ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 25, 2017
An image suggesting Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway's inaugural ensemble resembled a 1970's 'Si ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 25, 2017
President Trump neither made nor deleted disparaging remarks about Navajo native Americans via T ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 24, 2017
A commentary about recent executive action on abortion was mistaken for a genuine news about an ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 24, 2017
A satirical article on a hoax site riffed on a news cycle controversy.
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