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Did a Study Show That Aluminum from Vaccines Killed Alfie Evans?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
May 2, 2018
A notorious fake news web site cynically exploited the death of an English toddler with a false ...
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Did the BBC Report on a Nuclear War Between NATO and Russia?
Written by:
Dan Evon
April 20, 2018
A video simulation of a BBC report about a nuclear war between NATO and Russia was edited and pr ...
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Did a Young Woman Deliberately Infect 324 Men With HIV?
Written by:
Dan Evon
April 6, 2018
A dubious story is based on a baseless, unverified, and anonymous Facebook post.
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Links Between Gulf Crisis and Trump Campaign Operatives Emerge
Written by:
Bethania Palma
March 28, 2018
A British defense contractor linked to embattled psychographics firm Cambridge Analytica was hir ...
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Did British Police Find Putin's Passport at the Scene of the Salisbury Poison Attack?
Written by:
David Emery
March 19, 2018
A satirical web site took accusations of Putin's involvement in the March 2018 poisoning of a fo ...
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Does Christina Hagan's Campaign Ad Show the Mexico-United States Border?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
March 16, 2018
An Ohio Republican candidate recycles a misrepresentation of the border used by President Donald ...
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Did ABC Fire Joy Behar from 'The View'?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
March 5, 2018
A constellation of fake news sites claimed Joy Behar was fired from "The View," but the headline ...
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Did Harvey Weinstein Commit Suicide in Arizona?
Written by:
David Emery
March 1, 2018
A fabricated article about the movie mogul's supposed self-inflicted death appeared on an irksom ...
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Did Melania Trump Hire an Exorcist to Cleanse the White House of Obama 'Demons'?
Written by:
David Emery
Feb. 22, 2018
According to the first lady's spokesperson, widely shared reports that she demanded a White Hous ...
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Did an American Teenager Who Killed a 'Muslim Refugee' for Raping His Sister Get 30 Years in Prison?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Feb. 12, 2018
A anti-Islam, anti-refugee video widely shared on Facebook was blatant fake news.
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Did a Black Lives Matter Leader Get Sued for Embezzling Donations?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Feb. 9, 2018
Right-wing web sites republished a fabricated story posted by a notorious purveyor of fake news.
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Fake News and Bots Target Author of Democratic Memo
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Feb. 7, 2018
California Democrat Adam Schiff is the latest target of the disinformation campaign.
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Did an Explosion at Al Franken's Montana Ranch Kill 6 People?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Feb. 7, 2018
The fake news article misuses an image of a New York City building fire.
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'Noise and Confusion': Fake News in Ecuador
Written by:
Megan Alpert
Feb. 7, 2018
Editors at Ecuadoran media outlets told Snopes how fake news and disinformation affected two rec ...
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Did Denzel Washington Say Trump's Election Saved Us From an 'Orwellian Police State'?
Written by:
Bethania Palma
Feb. 5, 2018
The quote attributed to the famed actor was fabricated by a disreputable web site.
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Did a Greenpeace Activist Get His Arm Bitten Off After Hugging a Shark?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Feb. 2, 2018
An article claiming that a great white shark attacked a Greenpeace activist originated on a well ...
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Did a Woman Sue a Paris Zoo After an Escaped Hippo Tried to Rape Her?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan. 30, 2018
A tasteless, body-shaming fake news article claimed that a hippopotamus attempted to rape a 400- ...
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Did Trump Tell George Soros to 'Go to Hell' at Davos?
Written by:
David Emery
Jan. 29, 2018
A well-known purveyor of fake news spread the fabricated claim that President Trump called out G ...
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Was Ivanka Trump Critically Injured After Being Shot by a Sniper?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan. 25, 2018
A "satirical" web site run by a prolific purveyor of fake news published yet another distasteful ...
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Pope Francis Rails Against 'Fake News,' Condemns 'Snake-Tactics' of Its Authors
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jan. 24, 2018
The Holy Father compared those who create and spread misinformation to the "crafty" serpent in t ...
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