Did Democrats Pass a Bill That Funds College for ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Using Taxpayer Money?
19 February 2019"Investment is squandered when higher education is placed out of reach, and it is a huge disservice to students and all New Yorkers."
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Did Theresa May Say Pedophiles Should Be Allowed to Adopt Children?
18 January 2019A notorious junk news site twisted a news story from 2010.
Does This Photograph Show Barack Obama Dressed as Satan?
19 June 2018"Gosh, that cheek looks awfully familiar. Could it be ... Satan?"
Did Miley Cyrus Tell Fans to Worship Satan If They Want to Be Rich and Famous?
11 December 2018Contrary to what's claimed on various junk news websites, the pop songstress has not sung the praises of Satan.
Was This Man Whipped to Death for Molesting a 2-Year-Old Child?
16 October 2018A graphic video showing a man being brutally whipped while tied to a post is real, but it has nothing to do with pedophilia.
Did a Harvard Study Prove That “Unvaccinated Children Pose No Risk” to Other Kids?
14 August 2018A deceptive and factually challenged blog post on an anti-vaccine website is not a “Harvard study,” yet its false conclusions are popular on social media.
Was an FBI Agent Who Exposed Hillary Clinton’s Corruption Found Dead?
23 July 2018A murder-suicide involving an FBI agent and his estranged wife was not related to a probe into Hillary Clinton and the "Fast and Furious" scandal.
Did HR 6054 Make It Illegal to Join ‘Antifa’?
16 July 2018The Unmasking Antifa Act, introduced to Congress in June 2018, would create additional penalties for committing "certain offenses" while in disguise.
Did a Study Find That Almost All Politicians Are ‘Actual Psychopaths’?
21 June 2018A disreputable web site grossly misrepresented the finding of a May 2018 study about the geographic distribution of psychopaths.
Did Chelsea Clinton Tweet That ‘Pizzagate Is Real’?
11 June 2018Neither Pizzagate nor a "child trafficking bunker" in Tucson is real or connected to illegal activities supposedly directed by Hillary Clinton.
Did Snopes.com Ignore a Huge Child Trafficking Bust in Arizona?
11 June 2018Disreputable web sites conflated a homeless camp in Arizona with a carefully orchestrated multi-agency sting on the other side of the country.
Is McDonald’s Replacing All Cashiers with Robots to Avoid a Minimum Wage Increase?
10 June 2018A fake news site twisted information about self-serve kiosks into a false claim that McDonald's is replacing all their cashiers with "robots."
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Is This Video of a ‘Gyro Drop’ Amusement Park Ride Real?
14 June 2019The "Gyro Drop" is a real amusement park ride, but a popular video of it relies on some imagination.
Did Obama Pledge ‘More Flexibility’ Toward Russia After the 2012 Election?
13 December 2016In 2012, President Obama was overheard over a hot microphone telling President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia he would have "more flexibility" to negotiate with Putin after the election.
Does This Photograph Show Two Boys — One Vaccinated, One Not — Who Were Exposed to Smallpox?
13 June 2018In the early 1900s, Allan Warner documented several cases of smallpox and the effects of vaccinations.
Will Woody Be Openly Bisexual in ‘Toy Story 4?’
3 June 2019A niche genre of 'satire' sexualizes animated characters.
Does Facebook Have ‘Shake-to-Report’ Feature That Lands Users in ‘Facebook Jail’?
14 June 2019As of late May 2019, a new Facebook feature allowing users to report technical problems by shaking their phones was being rolled out gradually to all mobile accounts.