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Are Four Times More People Stabbed to Death Than Killed with Rifles?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Oct 19, 2017 A story about gun crimes that uses statistics from the FBI's annual national crime report is flawed.
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Were Scientists Caught Tampering with Raw Data to Exaggerate Sea Level Rise?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec 22, 2017 Breitbart pushed an extremely flawed study as evidence of a widespread conspiracy to inflate sea ...
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Did National Public Radio Suppress an Interview With Milo Yiannopoulos?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jul 19, 2017 The commentator claims that the public radio network nixed an interview with him because he was ...
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Did a German Woman Get Fined for Sharing a Meme on Facebook?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jun 9, 2017 A Breitbart article accurately reports the fining of a Berlin woman under Germany's strict hate ...
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'Violent Mob' Forced Police to Shut Down a 'Patriot Picnic' at Chicano Park?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sep 9, 2017 No violence erupted at San Diego's landmark park honoring the city's Latino heritage, although p ...
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George Soros life's mission is to destroy the United States?

Did George Soros Say His Life's Mission Is to Destroy the United States?

Written by:
David Emery
Feb 2, 2018 There is no evidence that the billionaire supporter of progressive causes ever uttered such a re ...
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Hand holding a small knife.

Did 'Muslim Immigrants' Commit the Most Knife Crimes in London in 2017?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
May 22, 2018 A right-wing Facebook page published a meme that was heavy on Islam-blaming but light on evidence.
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Did Gaza Preschoolers Perform a Mock Execution of an Israeli Soldier?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jun 6, 2018 An alarming video appears to be authentic, but critics say it is being used to cast Palestinians ...
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Did Ohio's 12th Congressional District Have 170 Fraudulent 'Voters' Over 116 Years Old?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Aug 16, 2018 Right-wing web sites published misleading allegations of voter fraud in Ohio, based on very obvi ...
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Did Armed Black Panthers Lobby and Intimidate on Behalf of Stacey Abrams?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Nov 5, 2018 Misinformation runs rampant during election time, either through deliberate campaigns or inadver ...
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Were Illegal Immigrants Arrested for Starting California Wildfires?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Oct 20, 2017 A series of articles fervently blamed immigrants and Muslims for devastating California fires -- ...
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Did 58 Scientific Papers Published in 2017 Say Global Warming is a Myth?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Jun 8, 2017 An article on Breitbart News used flawed interpretations from a climate skeptic blog to amplify ...
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Did Queen Elizabeth Refuse to Retract an Invitation to President Donald Trump?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jun 10, 2017 A misleading article twists standard practice for the Queen into an attack on Sadiq Khan and get ...
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Did President Obama Award Himself a Distinguished Public Service Medal?

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Snopes Staff
Jan 4, 2017 President Obama received a medal bestowed by the Secretary of Defense, not himself, that has bee ...
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Is Paul Ryan 'Out' as Speaker of the House?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Apr 26, 2017 Ryan has no plans to voluntarily leave his influential post, and it's unclear if any serious eff ...
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Paris. March 26, 2017 - French elections 2017: Wall with scratched pictures of Emmanuel Macron and Marine Lepen

Is Russia-Backed 'Fake News' Now Being Used in French Elections?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Apr 24, 2017 Experts caution that a Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign thought to have been carried out d ...
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Breitbart Targeted by Calls for Advertising Boycott

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Mar 11, 2017 The conservative web site has been the focus an effort to stop advertisers from doing business w ...
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Did Target's Stock 'Crash' Due to Their Transgender Bathroom Policy?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Mar 1, 2017 The big box retailer gave investors lower-than-expected forecasts due to increasing online sales ...
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President Obama Released $221 Million to the Palestinian Authority?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 24, 2017 The Associated Press reported that the outgoing president released aid to the Palestinian Author ...
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Did Donald Trump Fire All Politically Appointed Ambassadors in an Unprecedented Move?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 9, 2017 While Trump's "no exceptions" policy for outgoing ambassadors is uncommon, the resignation and r ...
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