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".
Reports that televangelist Pat Robertson said gay people should wear colors by which heterosexual people might easily identify them are fake news.
The Witty Liberal Facebook page resurrected a fake news story from early 2016 about the pastor.
A fake news article that fabricated statements by Eric Trump got picked up by hyper-partisan web site Democratic Moms.
A quote supposedly from White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer about the start of World War III originated with a hoax news article.
A quote from the founder of Cornerstone Church about the relative bust size of gay women was fake.
A report that the U.S. Attorney General said that marijuana caused more unwanted pregnancies was a hoax from a "hybrid" news site.
A statement attributed to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price about the budget benefits of cancer patients' dying quickly is apocryphal.
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."
A silly rumor about the founder of the Cornerstone Church is just more fake news.
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.'
A purported quote from a White House senior adviser came from a web site that blends factual stories with satire, and is a hoax.
A 1974 report co-authored by Ruth Bader Ginsburg about sex bias in U.S. law has been grossly misinterpreted.
Nothing attracts curiosity like a lurid combination of Nazis and sex.
Did a black woman named Amelia Bassano really write all of the plays attributed to William Shakespeare? Unlikely.
The Democratic vice-presidential candidate's pro-abortion-rights record has come under scrutiny from conservatives.
Most of the whistleblower complaint dealt with general medical negligence at a Georgia facility, particularly around COVID-19.