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Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 11, 2017
Raggedy Ann's creator filed patents for the doll several months before his daughter fell ill and ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 11, 2017
Actor Denzel Washington said that making movies was a luxury, a comment that was unrelated to Me ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 9, 2017
A Facebook message urges viewers not to watch Donald Trump's inauguration, but that form of prot ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 4, 2017
President Obama received a medal bestowed by the Secretary of Defense, not himself, that has bee ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 3, 2017
The Washington Post was heavily criticized for jumping the gun and suggesting a Vermont power co ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 27, 2016
A misleading article reported that Republicans had approved the creation of a taxpayer-funded ne ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 27, 2016
This claim is based on an incomplete reading of an area of research that is still in its infancy.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Dec. 27, 2016
Numerous small web outlets inaccurately asserted that President Obama signed a "Christmas bill" ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 26, 2016
Siri can do a lot of things, but she won't summon police surreptitiously in response to the comm ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 23, 2016
Some concert promoters are toying with the idea of a "Freedom Concert," but no official plans ha ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 15, 2016
While many high school marching bands did not apply to play at Donald Trump's inauguration, thes ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 15, 2016
This zombie of a viral news story does not accurately reflect either science or the views of the ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 12, 2016
In a classic conspiracy theory trope, rumormongers "spotted" the Podesta brothers in police sket ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 12, 2016
The National Park Service has not denied all demonstration permits through March 2017 in an effo ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 9, 2016
Donald Trump is retaining an "Apprentice" producing credit, but will not be involved with the pr ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 9, 2016
In December 2016, a purported quote that the House Speaker made in 2014 about public assistance ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 8, 2016
Despite rumors to the contrary, Target and Target.com have not been blocked in Israel.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 7, 2016
Social media users claimed that representatives told them it the company has no opinion about ra ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 7, 2016
While the Muslim Student Association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison held a "'Hijabi for ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 7, 2016
Comments made by Josh Earnest about diplomatic relations with Japan around the 2016 anniversary ...
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