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Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 20, 2021
Not everything "Orwellian" in its tone is Orwellian in its origins.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 3, 2021
Rep. Lauren Boebert attributed this quote to President John Adams, but it was actually said by F ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 9, 2021
We found no record of his having uttered those words, even though he has been a high-profile Hol ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 5, 2021
We're curious, but not judgmental, about how this quote ended up in "Ted Lasso."
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 22, 2021
No evidence exists that the French president made a viral quote attributed to him.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 8, 2021
This ant quote gets shared one by one, hoorah? Hoorah?
Written by: Dan Evon
April 26, 2021
Sir Anthony Hopkins is best known for acting — not writing essays.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 23, 2021
Sigmund Freud had some questionable scientific views, but was this one of them?
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 18, 2021
Mark Twain has definitely written some witty lines.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 17, 2021
The controversial radio personality received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Do ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 16, 2021
What does a 1942 book have to tell us about a 21st century pandemic? Nothing.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 10, 2021
A Confederate monument in Georgia attributed a stirring quotation to the famous British statesma ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 8, 2021
A months-old opinion piece was recirculated on social media in January 2021, this time with a fa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 28, 2020
Purveyors of misinformation often falsely attach trusted names to fraudulent claims in order to ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 1, 2020
Ronald Reagan, Karl Marx, what's the difference?
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 24, 2020
It was the latest in a long litany of quotations falsely attributed to the famous Georgia comedian.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 10, 2020
Placing words next to a picture of a man is not the same as the man's writing those words himself.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 5, 2020
Katharine Hepburn won numerous Academy Awards for her acting skills, but she isn't known for pen ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 3, 2020
The former New York mayor took two swings and missed both on Election Day 2020.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 21, 2020
It's difficult to make a rousing speech when you do not exist.
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