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Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 1, 2018
A Twitter user claimed — with no evidence — that the former First Lady ordered the network to ca ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 30, 2018
The "Right to Try" act is aimed at experimental treatments for terminally ill patients, not endi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 24, 2018
A tired old trope of fake news purveyors is to claim that legitimate news organizations are the ...
Written by: David Emery
May 21, 2018
A notoriously unreliable web site spread the unsubstantiated claim that the cable news network w ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 8, 2018
A bogus story in a notorious fake news web site claimed without evidence that the country is now ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 2, 2018
A notorious fake news web site cynically exploited the death of an English toddler with a false ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 1, 2018
Fake news sites claimed an air strike on a base in Syria involved a "tactical nuke." It did not.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 30, 2018
Several conspiracy sites attempted to link the deaths of two Broward County sheriff's deputies, ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 30, 2018
A real case of sex trafficking charges involving a "Smallville" actress was mixed with fabricati ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
April 13, 2018
A conspiracy theory blog published an alarmist story after a judge's ruling on the effects of a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 9, 2018
A missing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doctor was found dead, but he was not a "wh ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 19, 2018
An Internet hoax links missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 with — what else? — aliens.
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: 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: Bethania Palma
Feb. 5, 2018
The quote attributed to the famed actor was fabricated by a disreputable web site.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 25, 2018
A disreputable web site recycled an already-spurious claim by an anti-vaccine publisher.
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