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Written by: Bethania Palma
March 19, 2018
An Internet hoax links missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 with — what else? — aliens.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 12, 2018
Spurious blogs and "alternative health" purveyors tried to misrepresent the country's already-vo ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 11, 2018
A man convicted of sex crimes against children died in prison, but not in the grisly manner clai ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 8, 2018
A fear-mongering article was based on misleading and cherry-picked data about the number of chur ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 6, 2018
A recent fake news item sought to distort the results of an inquiry into sexual abuse in the Cat ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 25, 2018
President Obama hasn't announced he's seeking an international position he likely couldn't obtai ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 22, 2018
According to the first lady's spokesperson, widely shared reports that she demanded a White Hous ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 15, 2018
Junk news websites gave a blatantly manufactured account of a statement by Archbishop Denis Hart.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 12, 2018
A scurrilous fake news site took a controversial court case and added a fabricated element to it ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 5, 2018
For once, a notorious purveyor of fake news gets some details right, but gets the overall story ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 5, 2018
The quote attributed to the famed actor was fabricated by a disreputable web site.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 31, 2018
No evidence validates claims of foul play in a train crash involving Republican members of Congress.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 31, 2018
Some people actually believe in the medical misinformation they peddle; others shamelessly risk ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 29, 2018
A well-known purveyor of fake news spread the fabricated claim that President Trump called out G ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2018
In 2018 the hoaxes and fake news about a "rigged" Super Bowl started even before the game was pl ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 26, 2018
The viral tale of Father Jose Garcia Ataulfo, already questionable to begin with, has been embel ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 25, 2018
A disreputable web site recycled an already-spurious claim by an anti-vaccine publisher.
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 23, 2018
“I will not allow incubators of dangerous viruses to come anywhere near my son,” the First Lady ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 23, 2018
The 'Rocky' star supposedly decried the former president for having 'lived his whole pathetic li ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 19, 2018
Fake news sites reported that the former child star says Hollywood is run by Satanic pedophiles ...
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