Did the 82nd Airborne Division Receive Word They Are Being Deployed to the Border?

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Bethania Palma

Oct 24, 2018 A social media rumor held that the vaunted airborne division was being sent to the Mexican borde ...

Did Israel Drop a Tactical Nuclear Bomb on Syria?

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Kim LaCapria

May 1, 2018 Fake news sites claimed an air strike on a base in Syria involved a "tactical nuke." It did not.

Does the Psychiatrist Who 'Diagnosed' President Trump Lack a License?

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Bethania Palma

Jan 15, 2018 A number of far-right web sites have posted misleading stories casting doubt on whether Dr. Band ...

Were U.S. Marine Corps Helicopters Spotted Over CIA Headquarters?

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Arturo Garcia

Nov 22, 2017 A radio host with a history of pushing misinformation claimed that the Marine Corps "sent a mess ...

White House Cancels All Obama Appearances at Hillary Campaign Events

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Dan Evon

Oct 29, 2016 A disreputable web site falsely claimed that President Obama had cancelled all appearances at Hi ...

40 Million Russians in Drills for Possible Nuclear Strike

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Bethania Palma

Oct 4, 2016 The drills were part of a disaster exercise, not an indication of an imminent nuclear war.

Google News Reported Orlando Pulse Shooting Hours in Advance

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Kim LaCapria

Jun 17, 2016 A false flag conspiracy about the Orlando shooting held that Google News carried word of the inc ...

New York ICE Agent Suicide Note

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Kim LaCapria

May 9, 2016 A habitual purveyor of misinformation leveraged the tragic suicide of an ICE agent to make outla ...

NASA Reports Magnetosphere Collapse

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Kim LaCapria

Apr 26, 2016 A conspiracy-oriented web site claimed that that Earth's magnetosphere "COLLAPSED" for two hours ...

Sausage Pest

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Kim LaCapria

Dec 4, 2015 A claim that the San Bernardino shooting was due to pork served at a Christmas party was fabricated.