freedom daily Archives

GotNews and Other Disreputable Sites Sued for Naming Innocent Teen as the Charlottesville Killer

18 February 2018

The sites are accused of defamation.

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Sutherland Springs Shooting Rumors, Hoaxes, and Conspiracy Theories

6 November 2017

A mass shooting at a Texas church on 5 November 2017 led to an avalanche...

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Did Black NFL Players ‘Demand’ that the NFL Force ‘White Fans’ Into Community Activism?

24 October 2017

A disreputable web site grossly misrepresented a memo reportedly sent to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell...

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Burnt hillside looking over undamaged residential area

Did ‘Mexican Drug Cartels’ Start the California Wildfires?

17 October 2017

Disreputable web sites provide no evidence to support a half-baked theory about the cause of...

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Did Ashley Judd Say She Wanted to Live in the Middle East ‘Where Women Have More Rights’?

21 September 2017

Rumors that the actress had announced that she wanted to move were based on the...

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Florida Sheriff’s Office Will Not Escort Miami Dolphins Until They Stand For National Anthem?

6 September 2017

An old rumor that a police department said that it would not protect NFL players...

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Did the Green Bay Packers Coach Just ‘Piss Off’ His ‘Racist’ Players With What He Put on the Field?

23 August 2017

Despite a misleading clickbait headline, Green Bay Packer coach Mike McCarthy didn't put anything in...

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Did Somali Muslims Take Over a Small Tennessee Town?

31 July 2017

A hyperpartisan web site offered up a patchwork of half-truths and hyperbole to sow fear...

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Did The Federal Bureau of Investigation Seize Smashed Hard Drives From Rep. Wasserman-Schultz’s Home?

17 August 2017

A dubious web site contradicted its own source on an alleged seizure concerning the lawmaker's...

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Did President Trump Send Feds to Raid Islamberg, New York?

19 July 2017

A blog fabricated a story about the tiny hamlet — after a series of threats...

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National Guard Troops ‘Turn Their Backs’ on a Protest in Baltimore?

23 May 2017

A viral video from 2015 shows soldiers turning away as a protester steps on an...

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Did Police Make Disturbing Find of ‘Obama’s Muslim Refugees’ in a Minnesota Olive Garden? A blog with a misleading headline falsely reported that Rochester, Minnesota police found Muslim refugees...

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