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1 June 2017 Although Sam Clovis is believed to be in line for a Department of Agriculture appointment, he did not say that scientists are "stupid" and that dinosaurs are "a hoax".
Updated Reports that televangelist Pat Robertson said gay people should wear colors by which heterosexual people might easily identify them are fake news.
10 May 2017 The Witty Liberal Facebook page resurrected a fake news story from early 2016 about the pastor.
17 April 2017 A fake news article that fabricated statements by Eric Trump got picked up by hyper-partisan web site Democratic Moms.
11 April 2017 A quote supposedly from White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer about the start of World War III originated with a hoax news article.
28 March 2017 A quote from the founder of Cornerstone Church about the relative bust size of gay women was fake.
22 March 2017 A report that the U.S. Attorney General said that marijuana caused more unwanted pregnancies was a hoax from a "hybrid" news site.
17 March 2017 A statement attributed to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price about the budget benefits of cancer patients' dying quickly is apocryphal.
Updated A fake news web site put words in Trump strategist Stephen Bannon's mouth to the effect that he defended spousal abuse as an act of "love."
Updated A silly rumor about the founder of the Cornerstone Church is just more fake news.
21 February 2017 A 'hybrid' fake news site built on real comments made by Pat Robertson to assert the televangelist said looking at Melania Trump could 'cure gays.'
30 January 2017 A purported quote from a White House senior adviser came from a web site that blends factual stories with satire, and is a hoax.
Updated A racist jibe purportedly directed at civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis by Trump transition team member Rep. Chris Collins was fabricated by a fake news web site.
30 December 2016 Bristol Palin's comments about performers declining to appear at Trump's inauguration were padded by a fake news site.
16 December 2016 A fake news site attributed fabricated, controversial remarks to Ohio Governor John Kasich.
5 December 2016 A story that the former Alaska governor called for the boycott after discovering that the mall had hired its first black Santa Claus is a hoax.
16 November 2016 Carlos Beruff, who ran for Marco Rubio's U.S. Senate seat, called President Barack Obama an "animal" months before Trump won the election.
15 October 2016 A fake news story overstated Republican VP candidate Mike Pence's disagreement with the First Lady's criticism of Donald Trump.
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