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16 October 2017 A disreputable web site published an illogical and inaccurate conspiracy theory about a valet worker who reportedly had a brush with the Las Vegas gunman.
10 October 2017 Two disreputable web sites seized on tragic events in upstate New York to further their conspiracy theories about a deadly mass shooting.
5 October 2017 An apparent altercation between concert-goers was blown out of proportion, and the witness who reported the threats has changed her view on their significance.
3 October 2017 Conspiracy theorists spread false information that a second person targeted a country music concert crowd on the Las Vegas Strip during a deadly mass shooting that left scores dead.
Updated A bizarre false flag conspiracy theory falsely links an actor from NBC's 'The Office' to the Parsons Green terrorist attack.
15 September 2017 A conspiracy theory involving radioactive milk and diabetes fails on both historical and scientific grounds.
8 September 2017 An online conspiracy theory about government-created hurricanes gets even the most basic facts wrong.
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.
10 August 2017 For Washington, D.C. business owner Jeff Gero it was just another day — until he saw a tweet identifying him as slain Democratic National Committee employee Seth Rich.
7 August 2017 Both pop singers were targeted by fake news stories reporting that they had exposed a pedophile ring in control of the music business.
21 July 2017 A fake news web site claimed the deceased singers from Linkin Park and Soundgarden were murdered because they were about to expose a list of pedophiles.
Updated A variation on the 'crisis actor' conspiracy theory holds that CNN used photographs of the same girl to represent three different refugee crises.
12 June 2017 A bizarre, entirely false story originated on a web site notorious for bizarre, entirely false stories.
24 April 2017 Experts caution that a Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign thought to have been carried out during the 2016 United States election may now be plaguing France.
24 April 2017 There is no proof that the Utah Republican is facing multiple looming scandals.
20 April 2017 "Operation Gotham Shield" led to a predictable uptick in false flag and nuclear apocalypse rumors, but the long-planned preparedness training was neither secret nor suspicious.
18 April 2017 How to walk the line between awareness and conspiracy theory.
Updated What motivates some people to reject the overwhelming historical evidence and claim the Holocaust never occurred?
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