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Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 24, 2019
The teenage climate activist's high-profile speeches in Congress and the United Nations prompted ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 19, 2019
Social media users in the U.S., U.K., and elsewhere shared a years-old scam with origins in a re ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 10, 2019
A widely-shared tweet misrepresented and over-simplified the Global Peace Index, but it did allu ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 9, 2019
A viral Facebook post proved misleading and confusing rather than informative.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 4, 2019
A prize-winning, high-school science project claiming to be a new diagnostic tool for cancer cam ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 29, 2019
Are you a medical-marijuana licensee in the state of Oklahoma?
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 16, 2019
Numerous websites exaggerated the role of J.H. Kellogg's odd beliefs about sexual health in the ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 16, 2019
The burger-imitation products do share a few ingredients with some brands of vegan, grain-free “ ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 6, 2019
We know that the CEO of Bang Energy is a supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 25, 2019
Online hoaxes about the congresswoman from Minnesota seem never-ending these days.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 23, 2019
The figures cited by President Donald Trump supposedly were "leaked" to Axios by Democratic oper ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 12, 2019
The Florida congressman’s mug shot is real, but memes that make use of the image provide false i ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 11, 2019
A widely-shared meme in July 2019 vastly overstated the freedom of movement available to migrant ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 8, 2019
Right-leaning commentators exploded into outrage after an incident in which the Stars and Stripe ...
Written by: David Emery
June 14, 2019
As of late May 2019, a new Facebook feature allowing users to report technical problems by shaki ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 7, 2019
How much shade can a tiara really provide?
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 31, 2019
The retail chain is donating to a charity that works to prevent the bullying of LGBT children in ...
Written by: David Emery
May 24, 2019
A number of right-leaning websites suggested that Obama "stole" the 2012 election by accepting i ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 22, 2019
A cluster of right-leaning websites jumped into action based on preliminary details about a May ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 20, 2019
The online world seems a bit confused about the existence of various types of dough.
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