George Soros Suffers Massive Heart Attack While Visiting Hungary-Fiction!
A website known for publishing fabricated reports is behind bogus claims that George Soros suffered a massive heart attack in Hungary on Christmas Eve.
Politics
Did Sen. Kamala Harris Use an Affair With a Married Man to Launch Her Career?
Rumors that Sen. Kamala Harris had an affair with a married man and used it launch her political career have been circulating since the early 1990s, but they’re mostly fiction.
Did Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Blame Trump for a ‘Plane Derailment’?
Once again, online trolls used a “prank” website to attack the Texas lawmaker.
3 Poll Workers Arrested in Alabama for Voter Fraud -Fiction!
False rumors that Alabama State Police arrested 3 poll workers from Birmingham followed Doug Jones’ surprising win in Alabama’s special election.
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Legalizes Sharia Law in United States-Fiction!
False rumors that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals legalized Sharia Law came from websites that describe their content as “fiction.”
Did a Washington Post Reporter Bribe a Woman to Accuse Roy Moore of Sexual Assault?
A right-wing smear campaign targeted the newspaper and tried to derail its reporting on Moore.
‘Muslim Migrant Beats Up Dutch Boy’ and ‘Islamist Mob’ Videos
President Trump retweeted ant-Muslim videos in November 2017. One of the videos does not show a Muslim migrant attacking a Dutch boy, as it claims.
Elizabeth Warren Claimed Native American Heritage to Land Harvard Teaching Job-Disputed!
Questions about Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s claims to Native-American heritage have been around since 2012, but there’s no definitive proof either way.
Intel Officer: Obama Could Be First President With Felony Indictment-Outdated!
False rumors that an intel officer revealed President Obama could be the first president with a felony indictment date back to March 2017.
United States President Barack Obama Banned Nativity Scenes at the White House?
False claims that President Obama banned nativity scenes at the White House have been circulating since 2009, and they persist today.