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Joe Jackson Death Hoax
Written by:
David Emery
Jun 25, 2018
Fake news articles peddling the false claim that the Jackson family patriarch was dead followed ...
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Was White Supremacist Who Killed Protester a Democrat Who Visited Obama in Oval Office?
Written by:
David Emery
Aug 16, 2017
Fake news web sites floated an incoherent story alleging that a white supremacist arrested for v ...
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Did an Ohio Schoolteacher Lose an Eye in a Fidget Spinner Accident?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
May 18, 2017
An article about a high school teacher's being "seriously injured" after a classroom game with t ...
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Are the Syrian 'White Helmets' Rescue Organization Terrorists?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Dec 14, 2016
A nongovernmental search-and-rescue organization on the ground in Syria has drawn a lot of atten ...
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Fake Print Editions of Washington Post Distributed in Washington, D. C.
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 16, 2019
An impostor newspaper designed to resemble the Washington Post was distributed around downtown W ...
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Are Michigan Police Worried About a ‘Vigilante’ Serial Killer of Pedophiles?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Oct 15, 2018
Fake local news sites spread junk news about a supposed serial killer targeting pedophiles.
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Media Firm “Providr” Allegedly Owes Money to Several Angry Facebook Publishers
Written by:
Vinny Green
Alex Kasprak
Jul 17, 2018
The company gained prominence by asserting they were compliant with Facebook’s rules at a time w ...
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Did Congresswoman Ateesha Nubbins Put an Upper-Age Limit on Voting?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jul 10, 2018
A meme created by a satirical Facebook page convinced some viewers that a fictional congresswoma ...
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Did Disney Announce It Was to Open a Theme Park in Escanaba, Michigan?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jul 9, 2018
An obscure satirical web site managed to trick many readers with a fabricated story in the summe ...
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Is Clint Eastwood Leaving Hollywood?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jul 2, 2018
A spurious quote supposedly uttered by actor Clint Eastwood about how he was "leaving Hollywood" ...
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Did a Man Sue McDonald's Because He Was Depressed After Eating a Happy Meal?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jun 15, 2018
Despite what a hoax news article says, Happy Meals from McDonald's do not actually guarantee hap ...
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Did a Trump Tower Open in Pyongyang?
Written by:
David Emery
Jun 14, 2018
The claim that a Trump-branded hotel opened in North Korea's capital less than 24 hours after th ...
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Was Anthony Bourdain Killed by Clinton Operatives?
Written by:
David Emery
Jun 11, 2018
Spurious claims linking the celebrity chef's death to Hillary Clinton were published on a web si ...
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Was a New Zealand Farmer Arrested for Selling Sheep as Sex Slaves to the Islamic State?
Written by:
David Emery
May 29, 2018
A "satirical" article that manages to malign Islam, New Zealanders, and sheep all in the same br ...
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Did a Gay Baboon Terrorize an African Village?
Written by:
Dan Evon
May 24, 2018
Rumors about a gay baboon's "terrorizing" a village and raping five men can be traced back to a ...
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Was CNN Raided by the FCC for 'Deceiving the American Public'?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 24, 2018
A tired old trope of fake news purveyors is to claim that legitimate news organizations are the ...
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Texas Governor May Have Emboldened Russian Disinformation Efforts, Says Former CIA Director
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
May 3, 2018
Michael Hayden said Greg Abbott's response to the "Jade Helm" conspiracy theory may have encoura ...
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Did a Study Show That Aluminum from Vaccines Killed Alfie Evans?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
May 2, 2018
A notorious fake news web site cynically exploited the death of an English toddler with a false ...
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Did the BBC Report on a Nuclear War Between NATO and Russia?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Apr 20, 2018
A video simulation of a BBC report about a nuclear war between NATO and Russia was edited and pr ...
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Did a Young Woman Deliberately Infect 324 Men With HIV?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Apr 6, 2018
A dubious story is based on a baseless, unverified, and anonymous Facebook post.
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