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Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 10, 2016
The former Subway spokesman has not been placed on house arrest due to prison overcrowding.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 10, 2016
No anti-abortion groups have moved to declare every sperm cell "a life."
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 10, 2016
Edward Snowden did not claim Osama bin Laden was alive and living lavishly in the Bahamas on the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 10, 2016
Unverified, unvetted postings on social media used photographs from video game promotions to adv ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 10, 2016
A meme offering instructions on how to make "Bernie Sanders glow sticks" actually provides a rec ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 9, 2016
A habitual purveyor of misinformation leveraged the tragic suicide of an ICE agent to make outla ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 9, 2016
"Obama signed the ‘Patriot Freedom of Womb Liberty Act’ which would add a new holiday, the ‘Nati ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 9, 2016
Reports that three states have implemented a two pet maximum law originated from a site that rou ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 9, 2016
Two of the least likely celebrities to be spotted sporting Donald Trump campaign shirts.
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
May 6, 2016
A story that the former Alaska governor wants "Arabic numbers" out of schools originated from a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 6, 2016
No, a college student did not wind up in a coma after attempting to drink two gallons of semen f ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 6, 2016
A fake news article claimed that Ted Cruz blamed God for his failed presidential campaign, and h ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 5, 2016
Dozens of web sites reproduced a fabricated story about a ten-car pileup caused by a woman who s ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 5, 2016
No, Donald Trump didn't suggest dropping nuclear bombs on Mexico if they refused to build the wall.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 5, 2016
A cropped screenshot from a news item led social media users to believe 'Frozen' character Elsa ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 4, 2016
A fake news item falsely claimed a teen boy died during a risqué 60-minute social media challenge.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 4, 2016
Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter was not stripped of his award for failing to complete a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 4, 2016
While the bison is set to become the United States' national mammal, this will have no effect on ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 3, 2016
A fake news site fabricated a horrifying and humorless claim about a Newark mother assaulting an ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 3, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a group of underappreciated Vietnam veterans is actually a fram ...
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