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.
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.
6 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.
21 August 2017 - Liz MacKean fought to reveal historical child sexual abuse, but there is no evidence that she died from anything other than natural causes.
