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Did CNN Use the Same Girl in Three Different Refugee Crisis Pictures?

A variation on the 'crisis actor' conspiracy theory holds that CNN used photographs of the...

Does a ‘Muslim Migrant’ from Syria with Four Wives, 23 Children Receive $390,000 a Year in Benefits?

Reports that a Syrian refugee was receiving close to $400,000 annually were based on incomplete...

Did a Dr. Seuss WWII Political Cartoon Criticize America’s Isolationism?

Theodor Seuss Geisel created a number of biting political cartoons during WWII, including one condemning American...

Three Syrian Refugees Assault 5-Year-Old Girl at Knifepoint?

An event involving children that occurred in Twin Falls, Idaho, was widely reported in inaccurate...

Did Sgt. Gregory Hayes Kill Two Syrian Refugees for Raping His Daughter?

A popular meme describes a purported act of vengeance for which we found no evidence...

2015: A Year in Fear The topics buzzed about in the online rumor mill in 2015 included some major recurring...

American Frag Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan was born in Virginia, and was neither "vetted" nor ever...

Jobs Market Steve Jobs' biological father was a Syrian-born man who once fled political unrest in his...

Whom at the Inn A photograph supposedly documenting that asylum seekers stayed in hotels while American vets remained homeless...

Hand Vestures A photograph of protesting "Muslim women" was taken in Tehran in 2013, not the United...

1938 Harvard Crimson Poll on ‘Jewish Refugees’ Social media users shared a 1938 Harvard Crimson poll about Holocaust refugees, but the newfound...

Did the Boston Marathon Bombers Enter the U.S. as Refugees?

The Boston Marathon bombing perpetrators were often described as refugees, but their family actually entered...