Machine Gun Kelly Death Hoax
15 October 2018 Rumors swirled on Twitter that Rapper Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) had died from a ‘ligma overdose.’
Fact Check
Does This Photograph Show Neo-Nazis Posing Under a Burning Swastika in Draketown, Georgia?
15 October 2018 An extraordinary photograph from an April 2018 rally re-emerged on social media several months later.
Did a Craigslist Ad Solicit Paid Attendees to Donald Trump’s Rally in Erie, Pennsylvania?
13 October 2018 Some said the Craigslist ad proved Trump has to pay people to attend his rallies, while others dismissed it as a hoax meant to embarrass him. Neither claim was correct.
Are Visitors to Virginia Prisons Barred from Wearing Tampons?
12 October 2018 A controversial Virginia Department of Corrections regulation regarding tampons was scuttled shortly before it took effect.
Did Donald Trump Say the Sitting President Should Be Impeached If the Dow Jones Loses 1,000 Points in Two Days?
12 October 2018 A viral October 2018 tweet has all the hallmarks of a fake.
Is This a Photograph of Hurricane Michael?
12 October 2018 A photograph of an approaching storm is real, but it was taken months before Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida.
What Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thomas Jefferson Say About the Constitution?
12 October 2018 An out-of-context, incomplete sentence and an apocryphal quotation do not make for an informative comparison.
Did Donald Trump’s First Year as President See the Lowest Jobs Growth Since 2011?
12 October 2018 A left-wing web site's January 2018 meme was based on data that were accurate at the time, but which have since been revised.
Did a ‘Pro-Choice Activist’ Set a World Record by Getting Her 27th Abortion?
11 October 2018 A long-running junk news site used a legitimate stock photo for another one of its "satirical" stories.
Does This Video Show the ‘Left-Wing Mob’ Committing Acts of Violence?
11 October 2018 A compilation of acts by a violent American "left-wing mob" uses a mixture of genuine, unrelated, and foreign footage.
Is Senator Susan Collins’ Husband a ‘Lobbyist for Russian Interests’?
11 October 2018 Conspiracy mongers attempted to draw a line between two unrelated things by linking them to more unrelated things.
Were Gay Concentration Camp Prisoners ‘Put Back in Prison’ After World War II?
11 October 2018 An online comedy series highlighted the fact that the end of the war did not mean the end of persecution for many gay German men.