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rumors June 15, 2022

No, Zendaya Is Not Pregnant TikTok yet again manages to spread chaos and misinformation.
fake news Jan. 31, 2022

Werner Herzog Explains This Screenshot Years after his documentary — er, mockumentary? — about Loch Ness, we revisit how an outtake from the film took on a life of its own.

By Séamas O'Reilly
fake news Oct. 22, 2020

Trump Releases Footage of Yet-to-Air 60 Minutes Interview The president told Lesley Stahl he wasn't ready for tough questions, then cut things short after some tough questions.

By Matt Stieb and Benjamin Hart
fake news Oct. 16, 2020

Hulk Sad! Tatiana Maslany Says She Is Not Playing She-Hulk Tatiana Maslany said "it's not actually a thing, unfortunately."

By Rebecca Alter
satire Sept. 29, 2020

Source: Biden to Debate Wearing Brain Implant, 'Super Bazooka' Arms The Democratic nominee refused to consent to pre-debate brain scan to prove that there is no AI homunculus lodged behind his eyes.

By Eric Levitz
the zucc Mar. 9, 2020

How Facebook Fact-Checking Can Backfire The "implied truth effect" means that Facebook's fact-checking process may be worse than doing nothing.

By Brian Feldman
fake news Nov. 6, 2019

How a (Mostly) Fake Campus Controversy Illustrates the Media's Outrage Economy The now-famous bánh mì protests at Oberlin were mostly invented by the media. The interesting part is why.

By Jesse Singal
fake news June 10, 2019

By Madison Malone Kircher
fake news June 10, 2019

Five Signs a Viral Story Is Fake A guide to keep you from getting duped.

By Madison Malone Kircher
fake news May 24, 2019

When It Comes to Viral Twitter, Trust But Verify Shane Morris tweeted an insane story about stealing heroin from a member of MS-13. Now he's saying it was all lies.

By Madison Malone Kircher
fake news Jan. 11, 2019

Despite What You May Have Heard, The Rock Loves and Respects Millennials Dwayne Johnson said he was "baffled" to find out he purportedly insulted the "snowflake generation" in an interview.

By Halle Kiefer
facebook Jan. 9, 2019

Fake News Is an Old-People Problem A new study shows the most fake news is shared by people older than 65.

By Madison Malone Kircher
life in pixels Nov. 14, 2018

Fake News Isn't Just a Problem for Facebook. It's Also a Solution! Having learned about the dangerous effects of "fake news" influence campaigns, Facebook has finally landed on a solution: Create its own.

By Max Read
scams Nov. 2, 2018

Jacob Wohl Demonstrates the Limits of the Right-Wing Misinformation System Jacob Wohl was easily sussed out because he developed in the hothouses of the right-wing fringe and couldn't survive the harsh climes of reality.

By Brian Feldman
fake news Oct. 30, 2018

Trump: Why Didn't the Media Blame Obama for Dylann Roof Attacking Black People? The president says the media is biased because it associated him with Cesar Sayoc but "didn't do that with President Obama, with the church."

By Eric Levitz
more fake news i guess Oct. 18, 2018

How to Spot a Fake Beauty Review If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

By Hayley Schueneman
global tech Oct. 9, 2018

Egypt's 'Fake News' Laws Are Being Used to Silence Online Dissent At least two women have been arrested for accusing state officials of harassment.

By Mack DeGeurin
Aug. 20, 2018

Trump's Base Has Become Too Delusional For the GOP's Own Good Republican voters believe that Trump is wildly popular and Democrats have no chance of taking the House. That could keep them at home this November.

By Eric Levitz
select all July 20, 2018

Egyptian 'Fake News' Law Could Censor Social-Media Users While Facebook remains muted on how to handle fake news, Egypt has issued its own legislation, which critics fear will censor social media.

By Mack DeGeurin
select all July 13, 2018

Facebook Won't Ban Infowars Because … Honestly It Doesn't Have a Good Reason Facebook called Infowars "really problematic," but said it hasn't done anything to warrant being banned.

By Madison Malone Kircher
July 13, 2018

Trump Denies Saying Something He Was Recorded Saying A day after The Sun recorded him criticizing British PM Theresa May, Trump said he never criticized her. Then he apologized for criticizing her.

By Adam K. Raymond
last night on late night July 10, 2018

By Halle Kiefer
select all June 26, 2018

By Brian Feldman
May 30, 2018

'Murdered' Russian Journalist Shows Up Alive at Press Conference Ukraine's security service helped Arkady Babchenko fake his death so they could catch his would-be assassin, officials said Wednesday.

By Adam K. Raymond
May 14, 2018

Trump: Leakers Are Cowards, Traitors, Also Do Not Exist The president explores the mind-bending frontiers of unreality he has created.

By Jonathan Chait
select all Apr. 30, 2018

I Had to Teach My Alexa That Eggplants Were Fruit Egg-plant, egg-plahnt. Let's call the whole thing off.

By Renée Reizman
the chain gang Apr. 20, 2018

By Clint Rainey
Apr. 13, 2018

Missouri Governor Greitens Is Going Down Kicking and Screaming The Republican is facing a criminal trial, possible impeachment, and growing calls from his own party for his resignation.

By Ed Kilgore
media Apr. 12, 2018

Donald Trump Reportedly Placed the 'Best Sex I've Ever Had' Story Himself There's also a big possibility that Marla Maples never said the infamous quote.

By Gabriella Paiella
fake news Apr. 1, 2018

News Anchors Reciting Sinclair Propaganda Is Even More Terrifying in Unison A new video demonstrates how the real "fake news" has never been more synchronized.

By Chas Danner
march for our lives Mar. 25, 2018

People Are Sharing Fake Photos of Emma González Tearing Up the Constitution It's not the first time false propaganda has been spread about the outspoken Parkland survivors.

By Chas Danner
select all Mar. 8, 2018

By Brian Feldman
fake news Feb. 26, 2018

People Are Having a Hard Time Believing One Big Part of This Trump Statement The president said he'd have run right into a school shooting to stop it. There's just one problem: nobody can picture him actually running.

By Gabriella Paiella
select all Feb. 6, 2018

Guess Which Group Shared the Most Fake News in the Last 3 Months A new study looks at Twitter and Facebook posts in the weeks leading up to the State of the Union.

By Madison Malone Kircher
Jan. 26, 2018

Trump Booed at Davos for Calling Media 'Vicious and Fake' The president's prepared remarks were inoffensive (if braggadocious). Then, he went off script.

By Eric Levitz
select all Jan. 24, 2018

Pope Francis Denounces Fake News A frequent target of misinformation asks his followers to promote a "journalism of peace."

By Brian Feldman
crime Jan. 23, 2018

Man Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Kill CNN Employees Over 'Fake News' He reportedly told them "your cast is about to get gunned down in a matter of hours."

By Gabriella Paiella
the fakies 2017 Jan. 17, 2018

By Halle Kiefer
fake news Jan. 17, 2018

Donald Trump Wins His Own Fake News Award He finally revealed the winners … in a broken link to the GOP's website.

By Olivia Nuzzi
Jan. 12, 2018

'The Late Show,' 'Full Frontal,' and 'The Daily Show' Go to War Over […] Ever since Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he was planning to hand out the "Most Dishonest & Corrupt Media Awards of the Year" (or […]

By Megh Wright
Jan. 10, 2018

By Clint Rainey
just desserts Jan. 8, 2018

By Clint Rainey
select all Jan. 8, 2018

By Jake Swearingen
select all Dec. 21, 2017

Sean Hannity Thinks NBC News Should Learn a Thing or Two From, Uh, NBC News The Fox host tweeted a link asking NBC News to "read and learn." The link was from NBC News.

By Madison Malone Kircher
select all Dec. 21, 2017

Shockingly, Facebook's Disputed News-Flagging System Was a Flop Instead, the platform is going to try something new, again, to combat fake news.

By Madison Malone Kircher
fake news Nov. 22, 2017

By Sarah Spellings
Nov. 21, 2017

The Trump Administration's Latest Attack on the Rule of Law Is Actually Good In blocking the AT&T–Time Warner merger, the Justice Department appears to be doing the right thing for the wrong reasons.

By Eric Levitz
select all Nov. 16, 2017

Can Facebook Trust Publishers to Say How Trustworthy They Are? Facebook is asking publishers to self-report how reliable they are. Should we believe the process will work?

By Jake Swearingen
select all Nov. 7, 2017

By Brian Feldman
select all Oct. 31, 2017

This Might Be the Most Insane and Depressing Fake-News Story Yet No, Columbia students didn't march in open defense of pedophilia. Yes, tens of thousands of people — at least — thought they did.

By Jesse Singal