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Written by: Dan Evon
May 19, 2016
The events that follow the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are described as the Great Tribulation.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 19, 2016
An article reporting that Target stopped selling American flags came from a web site that only p ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 19, 2016
A purported video of a fireball streaking across the sky at the same time an EgyptAir flight wen ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 18, 2016
An article reporting that the Cowboys' quarterback was arrested for using a men's bathroom in No ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 18, 2016
Plenty of race-related complaints and issues were attached to Donald Trump well before he began ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 18, 2016
A report that Target had stopped selling the Bible due to recent protests against its transgende ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 17, 2016
A fake quote from Donald Trump about Portuguese people was started by a Facebook "prank" web site.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 17, 2016
A fake news report that a woman gave birth after she was buried alive was widely reproduced acro ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 16, 2016
A number of images circulating on social media accompanied rumors that retailers T.J. Maxx and M ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 16, 2016
An article reporting that the pundit had been arrested for using the women's bathroom came from ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 16, 2016
A fake news site's phony claim about a transgender woman shot and killed in a bathroom duped man ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 16, 2016
A story reporting that the musician destroyed the gun used by George Zimmerman to kill Trayvon M ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 15, 2016
The diplocaulus was indeed a real animal that lived during the Permian period 250 million years ago.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 13, 2016
A viral Facebook post claimed Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton sought to make "the cutoff date ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
May 13, 2016
A story about activists lighting their homes with red bulbs to show opposition to guns is a hoax.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 11, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing President Obama posing with a "Bernie 2016" sign has been digit ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 11, 2016
A prank-generating web site led many social media users to falsely believe Big Lots was closing ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 11, 2016
In May 2016, multiple hoaxsters claimed Anthony Hopkins had died.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 11, 2016
An article reporting that Michael Jordan threatened to move the Charlotte Hornets came from a si ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 10, 2016
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy did not write a "you might be a moron" joke about the United States taki ...
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