Crocodiles, Ken Jeong and exploding hand sanitizer: Top 5 fact-checks from the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance
A poll out last week from Gallup and the Knight Foundation showed that 78% of…
May 18, 2020
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We’ve published more than 5,000 fact-checks about the coronavirus. Here are the 5 most popular
Last week, the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance database grew to over 5,000 fact-checks. The International Fact-Checking Network…
May 12, 2020
Hoaxes about Greta Thunberg go after her family, image and activism. But why?
Like a tsunami following an earthquake, waves of misinformation, conspiracy theories and hoaxes have come…
September 30, 2019
Preparing for the worst: How to stay ready for the next big viral hoax
While each big news event has its own set of fake news stories, they often…
May 11, 2018
Online hoaxes about the Catalan referendum concentrated on police action in Barcelona
It wasn’t long after Catalonia
October 4, 2017
Rolling Stone didn’t contact the men it accused of rape
Magazine says it is "satisfied that these guys exist and are real."
December 2, 2014
N.Y. tabs met in secret lovenest
Alas talks between The Daily News and the New York Post broke down.
October 24, 2014
White House tried to squash fainting-intern story
And pirates release a journalist.
September 24, 2014
Florida newspaper runs photo of ‘two-headed alligator’
OK, maybe it's not REALLY a two-headed alligator.
June 30, 2014
Editor: Columnist pranked by ‘Breaking Bad’ plot ‘treats all letters as sincere’
People don't write Miss Lonelyhearts "for her knowledge about pop culture or television."
May 6, 2014
Justin Bieber hoax snares numerous outlets
He's not moving to Atlanta, and residents aren't protesting the possibility.
February 24, 2014
Reporter falls for source with fake juvenile name, other Gannett properties print it
"Howie Felterbush" could not be found later.
October 21, 2013
Why Tablet paid an author who tried to hoax it
"We hold out hope that he has the good sense to donate the money to…
October 16, 2013
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