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Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 15, 2016
Unreliable sources are reporting that Clinton had a violent temper tantrum upon learning she had ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 15, 2016
Rumors that Hillary Clinton staged a photo op encounter with a hiker the day after the election ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 15, 2016
The trope of derided protesters uncaringly killing an innocent victim by blocking an ambulance i ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 14, 2016
Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer says he was "disinvited" from attending the U.S. Marine Co ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 14, 2016
According to a viral tweet, hundreds of thousands of voters were turned away from the polls in a ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 14, 2016
Clean coal is more of an idea than a reality, and many scientists doubt it will ever become an e ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 14, 2016
An uncorroborated source reported that Pope Francis said he had lost all faith in American Chris ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 10, 2016
Reports that Canadian film producer Chris Ball was bloodied shortly after the election by suppo ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 7, 2016
We found no evidence that racist comments made in a YouTube video came from a parade of Trump su ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2016
A photograph shows a sign supporting Donald Trump in front of a house owned by Comey, but it's u ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 5, 2016
It does make scientific sense that some components of coconut oil could improve cognitive perfor ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2016
A baseless article accused Summer Zervos of fabricating her sexual harassment accusations agains ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 2, 2016
Denver District Attorney Mitchell Morrissey published a letter painting a bleak picture of marij ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 1, 2016
A viral YouTube video recycles discredited accusations linking longtime Hillary Clinton deputy H ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 1, 2016
Conflicting reports circulated about purported millions anonymously donated to bail out arrested ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 31, 2016
We found no evidence to support the claim that Paul Ryan's wife is a liberal or that she twice v ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 31, 2016
An Internet joke circulating since the early 2000s holds that U.S. Secret Service agents and mil ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 31, 2016
Rumors claimed that Huma Abedin retained deleted e-mails belonging to Hillary Clinton in a folde ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 30, 2016
A viral Facebook status update urged users to check in at Standing Rock in order to prevent the ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 25, 2016
A British tabloid reported that a mother discovered her 12-year-old Afghan foster child was real ...
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