Did the 82nd Airborne Division Receive Word They Are Being Deployed to the Border?
8 November 2018 - A social media rumor held that the vaunted airborne division was being sent to the Mexican border in response to a Central American migrant caravan.
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Did Israel Drop a Tactical Nuclear Bomb on Syria?
1 May 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?
15 January 2018 - A number of far-right web sites have posted misleading stories casting doubt on whether Dr. Bandy Lee holds a current medical license.
Were U.S. Marine Corps Helicopters Spotted Over CIA Headquarters?
A radio host with a history of pushing misinformation claimed that the Marine Corps "sent a message" to the intelligence agency.
White House Cancels All Obama Appearances at Hillary Campaign Events
29 October 2016 - A disreputable web site falsely claimed that President Obama had cancelled all appearances at Hillary Clinton campaign events.
Google News Reported Orlando Pulse Shooting Hours in Advance
17 June 2016 - A false flag conspiracy about the Orlando shooting held that Google News carried word of the incident several hours before it actually took place.
New York ICE Agent Suicide Note
9 May 2016 - A habitual purveyor of misinformation leveraged the tragic suicide of an ICE agent to make outlandish and false claims about his death.
NASA Reports Magnetosphere Collapse
26 April 2016 - A conspiracy-oriented web site claimed that that Earth's magnetosphere "COLLAPSED" for two hours, but NASA confirmed the incident was a software glitch — and that such fluctuations aren't doomsday events.
Sausage Pest
A claim that the San Bernardino shooting was due to pork served at a Christmas party was fabricated.
