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Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 6, 2016
Reports that President Obama is dismantling the Statue of Liberty come from hoax web sites.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 6, 2016
A hoax news article reported that a woman was injured while attempting to smuggle fireworks out ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 5, 2016
A video showing activist Ihab al-Khouli reacting angrily to a speech by former Egyptian Presiden ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 5, 2016
A hoax news article reported that Canadian restaurant and coffee chain Tim Hortons will start se ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 5, 2016
Hacker Marcel Lazăr Lehel, also known as "Guccifer," is neither missing from his jail cell nor dead.
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
July 4, 2016
The American space agency has not issued any warnings about the trajectory of another planet int ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 4, 2016
A fake photograph shows a 'Welcome Sign' outside of Mingo County, West Virginia, warning visitor ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 30, 2016
Images purportedly showing the skeletal remains of the Loch Ness Monster were actually taken fro ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 29, 2016
Only in the fake news universe could two historical Bibles be confused with a copy of the Quran.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 29, 2016
A misleading article about religious worship at public schools in the UK claimed the U.N. had de ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 29, 2016
A fake news article reported that several Islamic Cultural Centers gave a large amount of money ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
June 29, 2016
A viral story in Spanish-language media about a family naming their daughter "Breksit," after th ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 29, 2016
President Obama hasn't altered the White House logo to replace the Stars and Stripes with a whit ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 28, 2016
A fake news article reported that a woman allowed her boyfriend to etch a full-chest tattoo on h ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 28, 2016
Texas did not declare that all children whose families believe the Rapture is imminent are exemp ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 28, 2016
A fake news article reported that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had promised to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 28, 2016
A hoax Twitter account propagated a false rumor that acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy had died o ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 27, 2016
A compendium of misrepresentations led to a Facebook rumor claiming a long-dead doctor had recen ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 27, 2016
Advertisements that mimic magazine articles falsely report that Ellen DeGeneres is leaving her t ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 27, 2016
A baseless Facebook rumor held that President Obama was giving food stamp recipients an extra $1 ...
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