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28 September 2017 Rumors holding that a morgue employee was involved in a salacious organ trafficking operation originated with a fake news article.
18 September 2017 A story about a terrible sexual experience is nothing more than a hoax.
8 August 2017 Online reports of the discovery by Russian medical researchers of a "cure" or "vaccine" for homosexuality are fake news.
Updated Reports that a large quantity of rat meat was sold as chicken wings in the U.S. originated as fake news.
Updated Reports that a lottery winner died after gold-plating his genitals are fake news.
Updated Reports that a meth-addled Missouri babysitter consumed a small child are fake news.
15 June 2017 A hoax news site used an unrelated mug shot for a falsehood about a man who added unwanted extra material to his supervisor's beverages.
11 June 2017 Reports of a terrorist who accidentally killed himself while attempting to smuggle hand grenades at an airport are fake news.
Updated Reports that a sleeping Beaumont morgue worker was mistaken for the victim of a fatal automobile accident are fake news.
Updated You didn't see a news report about a fisherman's capture of a great white shark in Lake Michigan because it didn't happen.
Updated Reports that the SS Cotopaxi has been discovered by the Cuban Coast Guard decades after it vanished in the Bermuda Triangle are fake news.
17 May 2017 Several web sites have revived an old, fake story about the Russian President's fictional former assistant.
16 May 2017 Rumors that a man claimed he was set upon by Bigfoot while on a hunting trip are just fake news.
10 May 2017 A Facebook page for punk fans recirculated an old (and fake) story that the Sex Pistols were a KGB plot to foment dissent in the West.
4 May 2017 The story is another fake scoop from the always-unreliable World News Daily Report.
3 May 2017 A disreputable web site fabricated a story about an instructor's attacking a disrespectful student.
3 May 2017 A well-known fake news web site peddled the story, along with several mislabeled photographs.
Updated Reports that a tornado carried a mobile home for 130 miles and left the residents inside unharmed are fake news.
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