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Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 11, 2016
A mobile phone video purportedly showing a plane crash-landing on a beach is actually a commerci ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 11, 2016
No, that phallic silo is not the official logo of the 2016 Iowa State Fair.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 11, 2016
A scammy web site has perpetrated a false rumor that Actress Angelina Jolie committed suicide.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 11, 2016
A spurious rumor holds that the Twitter social media platform will be shutting down in 2017 due ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 11, 2016
A Snapple "fun fact" and commercial created the misleading impression that bees are born fully g ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 11, 2016
An image showing a Twitter conversation between Hillary Clinton and Gary Sinise about guns is fake.
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 10, 2016
A viral video showing a statue of Jesus Christ in a Mexican church 'miraculously' opening and cl ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 10, 2016
"When I met that young man, I felt like I was the one shaking hands with a president," Reagan re ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Aug. 10, 2016
A photograph showing a blurred-out woman's volleyball player did not originate from an Iranian n ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 10, 2016
Right after the name of Hillary Clinton's physician appeared in the news, suspect medical recor ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 10, 2016
The claim that marijuana dealers are using the game to sell "weed needles" comes from a satire page.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 10, 2016
A fake news web site's claim that Edward Snowden was "pronounced dead by his girlfriend" has bee ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 9, 2016
A viral image purportedly shows a live panda cub seated next to a human being on a China Airlines.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 9, 2016
The claim that Trump is a member of the North American Man/Boy Love Association is the result of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 9, 2016
A tweet ostensibly posted by vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine allegedly acknowledges that h ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 9, 2016
A Hillary Clinton speech on improving the plight of women and girls worldwide has been cited as ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Aug. 9, 2016
A promotional poster with what looked like an unfortunate typo was actually a joke made from a p ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 9, 2016
Don't you just hate it when people post your embarrassing baby pictures on the internet?
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 8, 2016
Viral images purport to show examples of a 'Narilatha Flower' or 'Nareepol Tree' with blossoms i ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 8, 2016
Darboy, Wisconsin, is the latest location where human traffickers are purportedly engaging in co ...
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