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Was the Mayor of San Juan Arrested for Misuse of Disaster Funds?

20 September 2018

Junk news sites reported that a "Puerto Rico mayor" was arrested on fraud charges and...

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Did Sweden Ban Mandatory Vaccinations for Children in 2017?

13 March 2018

Spurious blogs and "alternative health" purveyors tried to misrepresent the country's already-voluntary vaccination program.

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Did President Nixon Hide Proof of Alien Life in a Time Capsule?

23 March 2018

A shadowy Watergate-era figure who claims he had personal access to Richard Nixon says the...

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Student solving a math problem using Common Core techniques on a blackboard.

Did Ditching Common Core Cause a Florida School’s Test Results to Improve?

20 March 2018

Articles criticizing the Common Core curriculum draw causal connections where none exist.

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Did Pope Francis Forgive 4,444 Pedophile Priests in Australia?

6 March 2018

A recent fake news item sought to distort the results of an inquiry into sexual...

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Did Barack Obama Announce a Bid to Become UN Secretary General?

25 February 2018

President Obama hasn't announced he's seeking an international position he likely couldn't obtain in any...

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Did Melania Trump Hire an Exorcist to Cleanse the White House of Obama ‘Demons’?

22 February 2018

According to the first lady's spokesperson, widely shared reports that she demanded a White House...

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Did a Judge Cut a Pedophile’s Prison Term Because He Claimed a 3-Year-Old ‘Asked’ to Be Raped?

12 February 2018

A scurrilous fake news site took a controversial court case and added a fabricated element...

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Was Rihanna Banned From Senegal For Being Part of the ‘Illuminati’?

5 February 2018

For once, a notorious purveyor of fake news gets some details right, but gets the...

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Did a Train Carrying GOP Congressmen Crash Due to a ‘Deep State’ Plot? No evidence validates claims of foul play in a train crash involving Republican members of...

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Did Justin Timberlake Say ‘Mandatory Vaccination Schedules Are Un-American’? Some people actually believe in the medical misinformation they peddle; others shamelessly risk the public...

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Did Trump Tell George Soros to ‘Go to Hell’ at Davos?

30 January 2018

A well-known purveyor of fake news spread the fabricated claim that President Trump called out...

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