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Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 7, 2016
Some amusing fake news holds that nearly 5 million uncounted California electronic ballots were ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 7, 2016
A fake news article reported that an Arizona woman named Shania Jones was arrested for cutting o ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 7, 2016
This doesn't sound like the kind of plan someone would openly announce.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 6, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a waterspout produced in North Carolina by Hurricane Hermine is ...
Written by: David Emery
Sept. 6, 2016
The late Phyllis Schlafly, an outspoken, anti-feminist conservative, said a great many controver ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 6, 2016
A fake news article reported that President Obama asked Americans not to hold 9/11 victim tribut ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 6, 2016
There is not a grain of truth to a report about an atheist mayor in Louisiana's firing a praying ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 6, 2016
Anti-Islam articles falsely reported that the Empire State Building would be illuminated green o ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 4, 2016
Reports that singer Miley Cyrus’ lifeless body was found by her entourage in a bathtub after she ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 4, 2016
A hoax news article reported that a woman was sentenced to seven years in prison for breastfeedi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 4, 2016
A tweet purporting to be from a CBS reporter claiming that Hillary Clinton was dropping out of t ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 3, 2016
The faux-spirituality web site Spirit Science posted a spoof story of a Spanish fisherman suppos ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 3, 2016
The Los Angeles Times did not stop publishing a cartoon called "Boombox" by Dixon Diaz because o ...
Written by: David Emery
Sept. 2, 2016
An altered video twists the words of billionaire Democrat George Soros to create the impression ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 1, 2016
A long-circulating image claims that toaster owners are misinformed about the purpose of a dial ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 1, 2016
An alarmist rumor misleadingly claimed the CDC was planning to apprehend and detain Americans to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 1, 2016
A map doesn't show the results of the 2012 election if only people who pay taxes had voted, but ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 1, 2016
While Trump has made no shortage of controversial comments, he did not publicly call the preside ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 1, 2016
A video of a man making wax display vegetables has been used out of context to suggest China is ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Sept. 1, 2016
A Facebook message falsely reported that the 'Rocky' actor had passed away from prostate cancer.
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