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Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 19, 2018
A stray comment on an Iranian news web site formed the basis of a bizarre meme involving Sir Dav ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 8, 2018
Nike may not be "taking a drastic hit to their bottom line," but they didn't say that quite so b ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 27, 2018
An expletive-laden tweet excoriating the president in the wake of the Jacksonville shootings was ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 8, 2018
A speculative question about God's being black originated with one of the Kennedys, but it wasn' ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 31, 2018
For critics of President Trump, an old quotation about "treason from within" was relevant in 201 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 5, 2018
An opinion piece arguing that the United States is in the midst of a Civil War was incorrectly a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 20, 2018
An opinion piece arguing that President Donald Trump is a pragmatist rather than a Republican or ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 17, 2018
A list of rules on how to "resist" the Trump administration was incorrectly attributed to the au ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 17, 2018
The authorship of an opinion piece defending President Trump's lack of decorum and dignity in of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 4, 2018
The uplifting message offers tips on how to live more fulfilling lives, and encourages less comp ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 24, 2017
The Washington Post columnist did not write an article alleging that former President Bar ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 20, 2017
The falsely-attributed quote may have been written by a former UN official with a similar name.
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 29, 2016
Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis allegedly warned that when fascism comes to America it ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 9, 2016
Now circulating: a celebration of Donald Trump's election triumph attributed to New York Times c ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 20, 2016
A viral rumor misattributed commentary about choosing between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump f ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 12, 2016
An NFL owner didn't tell his players they were "actors" playing the role of "patriotic super her ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 17, 2016
An essay denigrating American Muslims has been a viral e-mail forward for at least a decade and ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2016
A quote concerning the irrelevancy of voting is often attributed to American humorist Mark Twain.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 20, 2016
A quote warning people about how a Hillary Clinton presidency would result in a liberal Supreme ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 1, 2016
A quote misattributed to Mahatma Gandhi started recirculating after it was tweeted by presidenti ...
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