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Metal detector at airport security checkpoint

Did the World's Most-Pierced Person Die Going Through Airport Metal Detectors?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Dec. 4, 2017 An "entertainment" web site publishes an unpleasant and fabricated article about the gruesome de ...
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Were Hate Crime Charges Against 'BLM Kidnappers' Dropped?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Nov. 29, 2017 Hate crime charges were not dropped, and there is no evidence any of the suspects are associated ...
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Did Saudi Arabia Behead Its First Robot Citizen?

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Dan MacGuill
Nov. 13, 2017 A satirical web site fooled some readers with a fabrication based on a recent international news ...
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Actor Harry Shearer

Actor Harry Shearer Leaving 'The Simpsons?'

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Dan Evon
Nov. 13, 2017 A rumor holding that actor Harry Shearer had announced his departure from "The Simpsons" in Nove ...
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Stephen Hawking

Was Stephen Hawking Accused of Sexual Misconduct?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov. 13, 2017 Reports that the famous theoretical physicist had been accused of sexual impropriety originated ...
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Did Trump-Supporting Sandra Bullock Urge Hillary Clinton to Leave the United States?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Oct. 27, 2017 Several disreputable web sites used a fabricated quote as clickbait and plagiarized a two-year-o ...
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Harvey Weinstein Gives Names of Hollywood and Washington, D.C. Pedophiles to FBI?

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David Mikkelson
Oct. 21, 2017 Reports that the embattled film producer turned over "names of elite pedophiles" in Hollywood an ...
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Is There an 'Epidemic of Child Abduction' in Kansas?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Oct. 13, 2017 A disreputable web site distorted real concerns over children who have gone missing from the sta ...
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Democrat Principal Defecates In Front Of Students During Pledge Of Allegiance?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Oct. 10, 2017 A distasteful fake news story got a partisan makeover when it was passed from one disreputable w ...
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Misinfluencers, Inc.: How Fake News Is Reaching Millions Using Verified Facebook Accounts

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Vinny Green Bethania Palma
Sept. 29, 2017 We tracked 29 fake domains that post to verified celebrity pages through an unknown mechanism. H ...
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FBI Seizes Over 3,000 Penises During Raid at Morgue Employee's Home?

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Dan Evon
Sept. 28, 2017 Rumors holding that a morgue employee was involved in a salacious organ trafficking operation or ...
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Man with head stuck in blue collared shirt

Was a Couple Hospitalized After a Man Got His Head Stuck in His Wife's Vagina?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Sept. 18, 2017 A story about a terrible sexual experience is nothing more than a hoax.
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Black and white photograph of a woman holding a knife

Female Serial Killer is the Daughter of a United States Senator?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sept. 14, 2017 A notorious "satirical" news web site has produced yet another entirely fabricated story.
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Permanent Closure at Walt Disney World Due to Hurricane Irma?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Sept. 14, 2017 Rumors holding that Walt Disney World would close the Fort Wilderness Campgrounds due to damage ...
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Woman Dies in Cinema While Watching 'It' Remake?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Sept. 12, 2017 Fake news articles claiming that people died while watching the movie were circulated on social ...
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Florida Governor Rick Scott Critically Injured During Hurricane Irma Cleanup?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Sept. 11, 2017 A notorious purveyor of fake news churns out another fabrication.
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"High Water" sign in front of water coming over a road in Kemah during Hurricane Harvey

Does a Video Show Two Men Looting a Cash Register During Tropical Storm Harvey?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Sept. 1, 2017 A now-viral video of unknown origin shows two men standing in water taking cash from a register.
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Facebook Introduces Measure to Block Advertisements From Sites That Share Fake News

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Aug. 28, 2017 The social media giant announced a new measure for penalizing web sites that post fake news.
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Did Trump Retweet a Cartoon of a Train Hitting a CNN Reporter?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2017 President Trump retweeted, then quickly deleted, a cartoon of a train hitting a CNN reporter, le ...
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Malia Obama

Did Barack Obama Order Harvard to Reverse His Daughter Malia's Suspension?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Aug. 14, 2017 A satirical web site publishes the latest in a series of entirely false stories about Malia Obama.
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