quotes
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 12, 2018
A fake news web site attempted to ride a wave of Parton-related controversy in January 2018.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 1, 2018
Reports that the U2 frontman proclaimed during an interview that "Donald Trump is destroying Ame ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 27, 2017
Several disreputable web sites used a fabricated quote as clickbait and plagiarized a two-year-o ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 17, 2017
A widely-shared quotation comes from a 2014 theater adaptation, not the original 1949 novel.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 20, 2017
We found no record of the Vice President's saying that "only guilty people need to hire a crimin ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 19, 2017
While attributed to Hitler, this “leftist” quote actually came from one of Hitler’s political ri ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 28, 2017
The quote, often attributed to Rand, is a paraphrase from one of her novels.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2017
A statement attributed to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price about the budget be ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 10, 2017
A bizarre and offensive quote about rape, Muslims, and Planned Parenthood attributed to Senator ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 8, 2016
A quote ostensibly uttered by notorious gangster Al Capone about electing a woman president when ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 24, 2016
The Libertarian candidate said 'global warming is in our future' because 'the sun is going to ac ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 23, 2016
A clickbait web site is sucking in users by peddling a fake Obama quote stating that even terror ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2016
A quote concerning the irrelevancy of voting is often attributed to American humorist Mark Twain.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 19, 2016
Comments made by 'Star Trek' star Patrick Stewart about the movie 'Galaxy Quest' are authentic b ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 1, 2016
A quote misattributed to Mahatma Gandhi started recirculating after it was tweeted by presidenti ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 25, 2016
A purported 1929 quote from Liselotte Hübner about Adolf Hitler was superimposed on an image of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 2, 2016
A fake quote attributed to Bill Murray about trusting dogs instead of humans is frequently share ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 14, 2016
A quote falsely attributed to Alan Rickman about the Harry Potter series became popular on socia ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 19, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not say "To forgive the terrorists is up to God, but to sen ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 28, 2015
General George S. Patton likely never said that "liberal democrats" were the lowest forms of pol ...
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