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 Emery
Jan. 10, 2018
Detractors have seized on Winfrey's 2013 comments about how to end racism in an effort to discre ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 8, 2018
A popular meme attributes an unlikely quote to the then-businessman, who was already making comm ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 4, 2018
The uplifting message offers tips on how to live more fulfilling lives, and encourages less comp ...
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 Evon
Nov. 17, 2017
A fake quote ostensibly uttered by the photographer who took the infamous image of Senator Al Fr ...
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: David Mikkelson
Sept. 11, 2017
A meme widely circulated in the wake of a controversy over Confederate memorials does not accura ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 7, 2017
A clickbait news web site invented a controversy involving Celine Dion, Loretta Lynn, Cher, and ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 18, 2017
A fake Art of the Deal quote was shared as meme in mid-2017.
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: Dan Evon
Jan. 30, 2017
A purported quote from a White House senior adviser came from a web site that blends factual sto ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 23, 2017
Although a statement defending the importance of the arts is frequently attributed to Winston Ch ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 10, 2017
A bizarre and offensive quote about rape, Muslims, and Planned Parenthood attributed to Senator ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 9, 2017
An online image falsely claimed Hillary Clinton insulted the First Lady in an e-mail message pur ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 29, 2016
Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis allegedly warned that when fascism comes to America it ...
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