Fake Bans
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
Dec. 16, 2024
The rumor stemmed from a source that describes its output as satirical.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
March 24, 2023
Both the White House and U.S. Congress have been exploring different options to further regulate ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 19, 2017
Hoboken mayor-elect Ravi Bhalla is Sikh, not Muslim, and he didn't ban the word "Christmas."
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 31, 2021
Internet outrage is sometimes based on false assumptions.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 8, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 26, 2017
A Twitter account posing as JD Wetherspoon falsely claimed the chain banned the flowers due to " ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 14, 2017
An online clickbait "poll" asked readers if they supported President Trump's non-existent ban on ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 28, 2016
A story about a man purportedly arrested over his efforts to use wind power on his own property ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 13, 2016
After Nate Silver tweeted two gender-based electoral maps demonstrating Trump would win if only ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 21, 2016
A Change.org petition demanding the restaurant and gift shop chain "Cracker Barrel" be renamed " ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 16, 2016
A landscaping dispute between homeowners and village codes in Miami Shores led to widespread rum ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 2, 2016
An AutoZone employee in Marshall, Michigan, claimed he was ordered to remove a U.S. flag for "di ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 29, 2016
The United States government has neither announced nor suggested they plan to permanently "ban" ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 25, 2016
The University of Chicago sent a letter to incoming students deriding an academic culture purpor ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 24, 2016
Peotone High School in Illinois has not banned American flags nor decreed them to be offensive.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 5, 2016
Legal analyst Eugene Volokh's article about an EEOC decision pertaining to the Gadsden flag ("Do ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 20, 2016
A satirical blog post suggesting President Obama planned to ban trucks following the terror atta ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 30, 2016
Various accounts claim police were called to a New Jersey elementary school because a student wa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 6, 2016
A false social media rumor holds that the NFL will be banning the playing of the U.S. national ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2016
A tabloid reported that police in the UK were banning England football jerseys from pubs and clu ...
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