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Sashay away from claim Robert Irwin dropped out of 'Dancing with the Stars' on Pride Night

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Oct. 22, 2025

The claim appeared on a Facebook page that made conflicting claims about Irwin's stance on LGBTQ ...

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Are the Syrian 'White Helmets' Rescue Organization Terrorists?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Dec. 14, 2016

A nongovernmental search-and-rescue organization on the ground in Syria has drawn a lot of atten ...

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Fake Print Editions of Washington Post Distributed in Washington, D. C.

Written by: Dan Evon

Jan. 16, 2019

An impostor newspaper designed to resemble the Washington Post was distributed around downtown W ...

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Links Between Gulf Crisis and Trump Campaign Operatives Emerge

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 28, 2018

A British defense contractor linked to embattled psychographics firm Cambridge Analytica was hir ...

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Fake News and Bots Target Author of Democratic Memo

Written by: Bethania Palma

Feb. 7, 2018

California Democrat Adam Schiff is the latest target of the disinformation campaign.

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'Noise and Confusion': Fake News in Ecuador

Written by: Megan Alpert

Feb. 7, 2018

Editors at Ecuadoran media outlets told Snopes how fake news and disinformation affected two rec ...

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Pope Francis Rails Against 'Fake News,' Condemns 'Snake-Tactics' of Its Authors

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 24, 2018

The Holy Father compared those who create and spread misinformation to the "crafty" serpent in t ...

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President Trump's 'Highly-Anticipated 2017 Fake News Awards' Winners Finally Revealed

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 17, 2018

The long-awaited reveal was a list of stories about Trump that were corrected or retracted by th ...

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Facebook Introduces Measure to Block Advertisements From Sites That Share Fake News

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 28, 2017

The social media giant announced a new measure for penalizing web sites that post fake news.

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Prank News: What You Need to Know

Written by: Dan Evon

July 20, 2017

A growing number of "prank" web sites such as Channel23News.com allow users to create their own ...

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Qatar Points to 'Fake News' Amid Diplomatic Crisis

Written by: Bethania Palma

June 6, 2017

The FBI reportedly sent investigators to Doha, but the crisis between the Gulf states has been b ...

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Paris. March 26, 2017 - French elections 2017: Wall with scratched pictures of Emmanuel Macron and Marine Lepen

Is Russia-Backed 'Fake News' Now Being Used in French Elections?

Written by: Bethania Palma

April 24, 2017

Experts caution that a Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign thought to have been carried out d ...

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Russia, U.S. Elections, and the Fake News Cycle

Written by: Brooke Binkowski Bethania Palma

April 18, 2017

How to walk the line between awareness and conspiracy theory.

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Maryland Lawmaker's Aide Fired for Creating Fake News Site

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Jan. 19, 2017

Cameron Harris reportedly made thousands of dollars by posting fabricated stories on his web sit ...

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Donald Trump Spars with BuzzFeed, CNN Reporter: 'You Are Fake News'

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Jan. 11, 2017

The end of President-elect Donald Trump's pre-inaugural press conference included heated rhetori ...

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Pope Francis Decries 'Sin' of Spreading Disinformation

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Dec. 6, 2016

In an interview, Pope Francis decried the spread of false information as sinful — but he didn't ...

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Snopes.com Participates in Facebook's Effort to Combat Hoaxes, Fake News

Written by: snopes

Nov. 29, 2016

Facebook announced a plan to address the circulation of false information via social media with ...

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In Wake of Election, Obama Passes Executive Order Banning All Fake News Outlets

Written by: Dan Evon

Nov. 29, 2016

A story that the President is banning all fake news came from — you guessed it — a fake news site.

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Fake News Is Always Fake News

Written by: David Mikkelson

Nov. 1, 2016

Fabricated news sometimes hews close enough to real news that the two overlap, but that doesn't ...

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Fake Article About Elizabeth Warren Endorsing Bernie Sanders Makes Waves

Written by: Brooke Binkowski

March 1, 2016

The cloned page caused enough widespread consternation that the real New York Times issued a sta ...

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