Fact ChecksIncorrect Attribution
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Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 6, 2020
Attaching a celebrity's name to a piece of text is one way to help it go viral.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 5, 2019
The statement has been frequently cited (in whole or in part) across the years by politicians, n ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 4, 2019
One of the factors behind the Mets' 1986 World Series win may have been a lack of 'dinosaur poli ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 2019
This was one of the more famous quotes about a Beatle.
Written by: Bond Huberman
Oct. 29, 2019
It might be faster if we credited everyone at every age with authoring this quote.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 25, 2019
Celebrity names are often falsely attached to political opinions in an attempt to make them more ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 25, 2019
For nearly a century, people have made the mistake of claiming that a quotation about Lincoln wa ...
Written by: Bond Huberman
Sept. 9, 2019
A years-old rumor found a new target.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 4, 2019
Many social media users attributed to Tim Allen a set of "interesting points to think about prio ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 20, 2019
Sometimes the author of a poem gets lost in translation.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 24, 2019
We know this much: The German film director isn't the biggest fan of social media.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 12, 2019
This quote has been attributed to everyone EXCEPT the original author.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 29, 2019
While this poster may express the sentiments of the McCarthy era, this quote can actually be tra ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 4, 2019
Facebook users attributed an unusual analogy about "raccoons" to "Steve Harvey" in early 2019. B ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 13, 2018
It seems a little unlikely that a 29-year-old would be the originator of an "old Soviet joke" se ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 7, 2018
A meme attributed an unusual statement to the wrong New York politician.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 5, 2018
Churchill opined about many things, but the impact of aging on how much one cares about what oth ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 28, 2018
The first rule of quotations is that people rarely say much after they have died.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 25, 2018
A viral piece urges Americans to be thankful for their Canadian neighbors.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 22, 2018
A statement about women's rights attributed to the Senate Judiciary Chair gave voice to what man ...
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