Rumors, legends, and stories about the news and those who cover it.
9 August 2018 A widely shared meme suggested that mainstream American news outlets largely ignored North Korea's return of the remains of U.S. soldiers killed during the 1950-53 war.
20 June 2018 The actor has apologized for saying Donald Trump's 12-year-old son should be put in "a cage with pedophiles" as a protest against the president's immigration policy.
15 May 2018 An Internet meme holds that the KKK touted its political power by marching en masse outside the convention, which allegedly became known thereafter as the "Klanbake."
27 April 2018 A popular meme quotes confused and inaccurate claims about the purported links between fascism and modern corporations.
6 April 2018 A solicitation put out by the United States Department of Homeland Security seeks a contractor to collect data on social media influencers and media outlets.
26 January 2018 Rumors of a ban on the Fox News Channel in Australia and New Zealand seem to have materialized on Facebook and Twitter out of thin air.
5 December 2017 The retailer removed the shirt after receiving a complaint from the Radio Television Digital News Association.
13 November 2017 A conspiratorial web site shared a story based solely on unsourced tweets claiming the venerable newspaper paid off sources.
30 October 2017 A joke about Fox News' coverage of Paul Manafort's indictment morphed into claims that the network failed to cover the political news at all.
7 April 2014 Reports that an Oklahoma City McDonald's outlet was caught with horse meat and human meat in their freezers are fake news.
26 June 2006 Hall of Fame outfielder Mickey Mantle sent a crude response when Yankees officials asked him to describe his 'outstanding event' at Yankee Stadium.
13 May 2015 Reports that a man turned himself in to police for killing his make-believe companion are fake news.
