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Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 17, 2016
Rumor claims U.S. Gymnastics coaches Bela and Marta Karolyi were "illegal immigrants" to America ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 16, 2016
A "leaked" video is said to depicts a human sacrifice conducted by researchers at CERN, home of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 16, 2016
Does a photograph of Neil Armstrong's spacesuit show that the tread of his boots didn't match th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 16, 2016
A photograph of Hillary Clinton speaking at a campaign event was circulated as proof that the pr ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 16, 2016
Police in Scranton, Pennsylvania, did not gun down a store mannequin that "failed to comply" wit ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 16, 2016
'Johnson's Winking Glue' is not a real thing, nor is an advertisement touting its virtues.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2016
A fake news article reported an Alabama legislator complained that the 'state of Georgia' was al ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 15, 2016
Reports detailed an incident wherein a 79-year-old grandma armed with an AK-47 saved the lives o ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2016
A "live poll" purportedly conducted by ABC News showing Donald Trump with a large lead over Hill ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2016
After U.S. shooter Kim Rhode won her 6th medal in as many Olympiads, a rumor asserted that the m ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 15, 2016
Schools in Kent, Washington, have long since reduced the amount of pork offered on school menus ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 15, 2016
A photograph of purported Forever 21 swastika rings has gone viral, but the company denies they ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2016
A quote about "truth" frequently attributed to former Fox News Channel CEO Roger Ailes did not ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Aug. 13, 2016
What has possibly died is any last sense of decency in the clickbaiting world of junk news.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 12, 2016
After a series of news stories about politically motivated e-mail hacks emerged in 2016, an old ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 12, 2016
A tweet purportedly issued by Donald Trump making disparaging comments about Utah is a fake.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 12, 2016
A fake news article played on a hoax involving Hillary Clinton's "leaked" medical records to cra ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 12, 2016
Fake news articles reported that 106 people were killed at an ISIS-related California music fest ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 12, 2016
A fake news site leveraged recent tragedies to promulgate a falsehood about a DNC staffer killed ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 11, 2016
Circulating images purport to compare the effects of urban decay in Detroit with the destruction ...
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