Conspiracy Theories
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 17, 2017
We found no credible evidence of an "army" or "shadow government" being formed by the former pre ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 2, 2017
Eric Braverman announced he had been hired to join a new foundation.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 30, 2016
The creator of a viral post said the meme he made was meant as nothing more than a gag for a lim ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 25, 2016
A variation on the 'crisis actor' conspiracy theory holds that CNN used photographs of the same ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 25, 2016
The blurry image of a purported unidentified flying object has no details about the date or time ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 24, 2016
Reports that the Clinton Foundation suddenly moved $1.8 billion to Qatar originated with a fake ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 23, 2016
Rumor: 'Saturday Night Live' aired a 'Conspiracy Theory Rock!' segment once in 1998, after which ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 10, 2016
A rumor circulating among conspiracy theorists holds that the U.S. repainted some of its fighter ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 30, 2016
Another conspiracy theory attempting to show how Hillary Clinton rigged the first presidential d ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 28, 2016
Cryptic tweets sent by radio host Michael Savage led to rumors he was fired or replaced with a " ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 19, 2016
A conspiracy site republished a satirical claim that NASA admitted alien contact but failed to d ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 19, 2016
A game of conspiracy telephone resulted in the false claim that Hillary Clinton was seriously in ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 23, 2016
Conspiracy theorists speculated that pictures of a storm over Switzerland were proof that the La ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 5, 2016
No, the Obama administration isn't secretly pursuing a plan for the federal takeover of all loca ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 25, 2016
Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz was replaced over controversy prompted by a WikiLeaks dump of DNC ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 13, 2016
An irresponsible Facebook post claimed that multiple gunmen were involved in the mass shooting a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 25, 2016
A false — and dangerous — claim that Americans are immune to the Zika virus is circulating on Tw ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
May 25, 2016
"Awake Dating," geared toward people who believe the world is controlled by secret organizations ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 26, 2016
A conspiracy-oriented web site claimed that that Earth's magnetosphere "COLLAPSED" for two hours ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 17, 2016
The government didn't quietly admit to modifying weather in California; cloud seeding is a well- ...
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