'Noise and Confusion': Fake News in Ecuador

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Megan Alpert

Feb 7, 2018 Editors at Ecuadoran media outlets told Snopes how fake news and disinformation affected two rec ...

Did Trump Put 'Make America Great Again' on Presidential Challenge Coins?

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Megan Alpert

Dec 23, 2017 Past designs of the tokens, have been subtler and included the phrase 'E pluribus unum.'

Was a Transgender Woman Convicted of Sexually Assaulting a Young Girl in a Bathroom?

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Megan Alpert Kim LaCapria

Oct 20, 2017 (Updated: Oct 23, 2017) A spate of blog posts attempted to link the rape of a 10-year-old girl in her home to laws allow ...

Is 'Covfefe' a Word in Arabic? Yiddish? 'Antediluvian'?

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Megan Alpert Kim LaCapria

Jun 2, 2017 (Updated: Jun 5, 2017) After President Donald Trump mistyped (then deleted) a tweet, some hurried to ascribe meanings t ...

Trump Holds Joint Press Conference With Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos

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Megan Alpert

May 18, 2017 Amid an ongoing political crisis, President Trump affirmed the partnership between the United St ...

We May Not Be Able To Do Math Unconsciously, After All

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Megan Alpert

May 18, 2017 A study that seemed to show people can read and do math with their unconscious minds has been ca ...

Venezuela's Political Crisis Sparks Major Protests

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Megan Alpert

Apr 6, 2017 Venezuelans took to the streets to protest moves by the country's Supreme Court to undermine its ...

Was a Japanese Man Crushed to Death by a Pile of Pornography?

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Megan Alpert

Mar 6, 2017 Spurious articles reported that a man was crushed by a pile of pornography; he actually died of ...