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Was CNN Raided by the FCC for ‘Deceiving the American Public’?
  • 24 May 2018
A tired old trope of fake news purveyors is to claim that legitimate news organizations...
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Was CNN Raided by the FCC for ‘Deceiving the American Public’?
Texas Governor May Have Emboldened Russian Disinformation Efforts, Says Former CIA Director
  • 3 May 2018
Michael Hayden said Greg Abbott's response to the "Jade Helm" conspiracy theory may have encouraged...
  • News
Texas Governor May Have Emboldened Russian Disinformation Efforts, Says Former CIA Director
Did a Study Show That Aluminum from Vaccines Killed Alfie Evans?
  • 2 May 2018
A notorious fake news web site cynically exploited the death of an English toddler with...
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Did a Study Show That Aluminum from Vaccines Killed Alfie Evans?
Did the BBC Report on a Nuclear War Between NATO and Russia?
  • 20 April 2018
A video simulation of a BBC report about a nuclear war between NATO and Russia...
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Did the BBC Report on a Nuclear War Between NATO and Russia?
Did a Young Woman Deliberately Infect 324 Men With HIV?
  • 6 April 2018
A dubious story is based on a baseless, unverified, and anonymous Facebook post.
  • Fact Check
Did a Young Woman Deliberately Infect 324 Men With HIV?
Links Between Gulf Crisis and Trump Campaign Operatives Emerge
  • 28 March 2018
A British defense contractor linked to embattled psychographics firm Cambridge Analytica was hired by UAE...
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Links Between Gulf Crisis and Trump Campaign Operatives Emerge
Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Did British Police Find Putin’s Passport at the Scene of the Salisbury Poison Attack?
  • 19 March 2018
A satirical web site took accusations of Putin's involvement in the March 2018 poisoning of...
  • Fact Check
Did British Police Find Putin’s Passport at the Scene of the Salisbury Poison Attack?
Does Christina Hagan’s Campaign Ad Show the Mexico-United States Border?
  • 16 March 2018
An Ohio Republican candidate recycles a misrepresentation of the border used by President Donald Trump.
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Does Christina Hagan’s Campaign Ad Show the Mexico-United States Border?
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‘Fake News’ Smear Takes Hold Among Politicians at All Levels
  • 11 March 2018
President Donald Trump's campaign to discredit the news media has spread to officials at all...
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‘Fake News’ Smear Takes Hold Among Politicians at All Levels
Mimicking Trump, Local Officials Use ‘Fake News’ as a Weapon
  • 11 March 2018
Officials at all levels of government are now using the term "fake news" as a...
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Mimicking Trump, Local Officials Use ‘Fake News’ as a Weapon
Joy Behar at the award ceremony honoring Barbara Walters with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA. 06-14-07
Did ABC Fire Joy Behar from ‘The View’?
  • 5 March 2018
A constellation of fake news sites claimed Joy Behar was fired from "The View," but...
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Did ABC Fire Joy Behar from ‘The View’?
Did Harvey Weinstein Commit Suicide in Arizona?
  • 1 March 2018
A fabricated article about the movie mogul's supposed self-inflicted death appeared on an irksome fake...
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Did Harvey Weinstein Commit Suicide in Arizona?
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