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Written by: Dan Evon
June 21, 2016
While "Finding Dory" voice star Ellen DeGeneres joked about the movie's featuring a transgender ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 21, 2016
A whale of a picture, impressive at any scale.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 21, 2016
A purportedly credible source reported that the DEA would be reclassifying marijuana as a Schedu ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 21, 2016
Speaker Paul Ryan did not literally say that he doesn't care if Donald "Trump destroys the Unite ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
June 20, 2016
An alarmist article about what the United States is purportedly doing with people showing up at ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 20, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a baby moose holding a gay pride flag is a digital creation.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 20, 2016
Reports of the possible spotting of a kraken near Antarctica actually show a very large rock.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 19, 2016
Conspiracy-oriented web sites claimed that the U.S. defense readiness alert level was quietly ra ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 19, 2016
Fake news reports that President Obama banned assault weapons and promised "large scale Homelan ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 17, 2016
A false flag conspiracy about the Orlando shooting held that Google News carried word of the inc ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 17, 2016
Fake tweets and bad reporting left many NBA fans worried that Golden State Warriors star Steph C ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 17, 2016
A purported Jimmy Carter quote about the election of the United States' first woman president ap ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 17, 2016
There's no truth to a rumor that Facebook is banning "amen posts" (in which social media users a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 16, 2016
A fake news article reports that a genital implant notifies spouses via cell phone alert when th ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 16, 2016
Rumors swirled that an "Islamic Refugee" was apprehended in Luna County in possession of plans t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 16, 2016
A baseless claim asserting that Orlando shooting victim Patience Carter was a "crisis actor" was ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 16, 2016
A fake news article reported that Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos had revoked Donald Trump ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 15, 2016
A prop from a Japanese monster movie is frequently shared as a photograph of the "world's larges ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 15, 2016
A fake news web site published a fabricated photograph of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 15, 2016
Facebook user Pablo Reyes' eerily accurate predictions for 2016 were a hoax.
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