The Comically Flawed Attempt to Smear Robert Mueller, Explained
30 October 2018A plot to accuse Special Counsel Robert Mueller of sexual assault has fallen apart in a truly remarkable and public fashion.
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Did President Donald Trump Donate His Entire $400,000 Salary to Rebuild Military Cemeteries?
3 August 2018Prominent conservative commentators boosted a false, mathematically impossible rumor about the president's salary donations, taking aim at the news media along the way.
Are Parkland School Shooting Survivors Receiving Death Threats from NRA Members?
27 February 2018Although we don't know if people using social media to harass massacre survivors are all NRA members, many of them are tagging the NRA in threatening posts.
GotNews and Other Disreputable Sites Sued for Naming Innocent Teen as the Charlottesville Killer
18 February 2018The sites are accused of defamation.
Did ‘Mexican Drug Cartels’ Start the California Wildfires?
17 October 2017Disreputable web sites provide no evidence to support a half-baked theory about the cause of the October 2017 fires.
Did the CEO of Camping World Tell Trump Supporters Not to Shop at His Stores?
23 August 2017Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis didn't target President Trump's supporters as such, but he appears to have directed comments at supporters of Trump's response to events in Charlottesville.
Did Evacuation Alarms Go Off in Pyongyang, North Korea Amid ‘Nuke Fears’?
26 April 2017Disreputable web sites are falsely reporting that a 2015 video of a nighttime tsunami alert in Chile was a mass evacuation in North Korea.
Did John McCain Solicit a Campaign Contribution from the Russian Government?
23 February 2017A letter sent to the Russian envoy in 2008 soliciting campaign contributions was an apparent error.
Women’s March Organizer Linda Sarsour Accused of Being Anti-Semitic, Affiliated with Hamas
25 January 2017After the Women's March took place on 21 January 2017, rumors asserted event organizer Linda Sarsour promoted Sharia law and had ties to Hamas.
Anti-Trump Protesters Bused Into Austin, Chicago
11 November 2016Photographs showing long lines of buses were shared with the untrue claim that they were used to ship paid anti-Trump protesters to various cities.
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Did U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Say ‘We Pay Soldiers Too Much’?
22 July 2019A frequent publisher of inflammatory material struck again in July 2019.
Did Fox News Report That U.S. Rep. Omar Delivered a “Profanity-Laced Attack on President Trump”?
19 July 2019Does quoting some else's words back to them constitute a breach of decorum?
Is This a Transcript from a Radio Interview with U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez?
19 July 2019Absent proper context and punctuation, oral speech can be made to come across pretty silly.
Did U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar Marry Her Brother?
15 February 2019Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the subject of recurrent controversies, including ones regarding her marriages and family immigration history.
Did Rep. Ilhan Omar Say ‘White Men Should Be Put in Chains’?
19 November 2018A widely-shared meme offered a malicious quotation attributed to the Minnesota Democrat.