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Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 24, 2016
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not endorsed Bernie Sanders for president, but neither has ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 23, 2016
President Obama signed legislation pertaining to the use of dated terminology ("negro" and "orie ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 23, 2016
A grainy photograph doesn't show Barbara Boxer giving Bernie Sanders supporters the finger, and ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 20, 2016
It was an official-sounding but fringe group of politically motivated pediatricians who issued a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 16, 2016
Belgian police issued commentary about "Facebook reactions," but their remarks fell short of a w ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 16, 2016
Senator Al Franken affirmed that his superdelegate vote would break from Minnesota's caucus resu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 16, 2016
A video that purportedly shows how a popular brand of ice cream doesn't melt is misleading.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 16, 2016
A man was arrested for allegedly choking a young girl in a bathroom, but the incident was unrela ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 14, 2016
Multiple "natural wellness" blogs claimed that dryer sheets posed health risks.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 12, 2016
A statement by London's new mayor was framed to suggest that he threatened attacks against the U ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 11, 2016
A misleading February 2016 article was randomly republished in May 2016 to suggest Bill O'Reilly ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 6, 2016
A blog post entitled "Apple Stole My Music. No, Seriously" led many to believe that Apple was pu ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 6, 2016
No, an Obamacare questionnaire didn't ask respondents if they'd ever been in an accident resulti ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 3, 2016
Wax on apples is not a little-known secret uncovered by a YouTube user, and the substance used i ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 3, 2016
President Obama didn't free a terrorist behind the October 2000 USS Cole bombing.
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
May 2, 2016
Hillary Clinton's role in a 40-year-old rape case became the focal point of a viral meme in 2016 ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 28, 2016
A controversial Oklahoma court ruling was widely interpreted to mean that under state law, rape ...
Written by: Stephanie Larsen
April 28, 2016
After an interview, rumors flew that the conservative Koch brothers were endorsing Democrat Clin ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 28, 2016
Tests run by Indiana news outlet WNDU before the 3 May 2016 Indiana primary were not evidence of ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 27, 2016
Ongoing debate over transgender bathroom policies led to the revival of an old Planet Fitness lo ...
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