Mislabeled footage of an aggressive "Muslim migrant" shared by President Donald Trump is just one hoax in a long line of fabricated anti-Islam stories.
Publication: conspiracy theories
Snopes→ A History of the War on Christmas
How wishing people "Happy holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" came to be regarded as an act of war.
Snopes→ Putin: Russian Doping Scandals Could Be U.S. Election Meddling
A Russian Foreign Ministry official says "symmetrical measures" would follow if the United States restricts its media activities.
Snopes→ Sutherland Springs Shooting Rumors, Hoaxes, and Conspiracy Theories
A mass shooting at a Texas church on 5 November 2017 led to an avalanche of false information.
Snopes→ Katy Perry Reveals Penchant for Cannibalism?
A disreputable web site added to its archive of distasteful and entirely fabricated stories with a piece about the pop singer.
Snopes→ Lawmakers Release Russia-Linked Facebook Ads
Many of the advertisements and fake posts appeared to be intended to stir up fear and division within the United States.
Snopes→ Is the Department of Defense Planning a Communications Drill to Coincide with ‘Antifa’ Demonstrations?
The Army Military Auxiliary Radio System says conspiracy theory-related fears about a drill are unwarranted.
Snopes→ New JFK Files Not Expected to Answer if Oswald Acted Alone
President Trump is caught in a push-pull on the Kennedy assassination release, between folks who want details and intelligence agencies advising restraint.
Snopes→ Report: DNC and Clinton Campaign Funded the Trump/Russia ‘Steele Dossier’?
The Washington Post reported that a law firm representing the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign retained research firm Fusion GPS to investigate Trump.
Snopes→ Did a Mandalay Bay Hotel Worker ‘Vanish’ After Giving an Interview?
A disreputable web site published an illogical and inaccurate conspiracy theory about a valet worker who reportedly had a brush with the Las Vegas gunman.
Snopes→ Is ‘Antifa’ Planning a Civil War?
Despite what random people might say in homemade YouTube videos, they offer no proof that any anti-fascist groups are planning even a skirmish.
Snopes→ Upstate New York Murder-Suicide Linked to Las Vegas Mass Shooting?
Two disreputable web sites seized on tragic events in upstate New York to further their conspiracy theories about a deadly mass shooting.
Snopes→ Las Vegas Shooting Rumors, Hoaxes, and Conspiracy Theories
The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history has led to a cacophony of rumors, hoaxes, and conspiracy theories.
Snopes→ Did an Unidentified Woman Warn Las Vegas Concert-Goers They Were ‘All Going to Die’?
An apparent altercation between concert-goers was blown out of proportion, and the witness who reported the threats has changed her view on their significance.
Snopes→ Did a Second Gunman Shoot From the Fourth Floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel?
Conspiracy theorists spread false information that a second person targeted a country music concert crowd on the Las Vegas Strip during a deadly mass shooting that left scores dead.
Snopes→ Attacks Stoke Debate Over Need For Domestic Terrorism Laws
Attacks on protesters in Charlottesville and an Air Force recruiting station in Oklahoma had the hallmarks of terrorist attacks.
Snopes→ Is San Juan’s Mayor Sabotaging Puerto Rican Relief Efforts to Make President Donald Trump Look Bad?
A woman claiming to be a police officer in Puerto Rico suggested that federal relief was not being distributed after Hurricane Maria in order to politically damage Republicans.
Snopes→ Will Trump Allow Release of Secret JFK Assassination Papers?
The National Archives has until 26 October 2017 to disclose remaining files related to Kennedy's assassination, unless President Donald Trump intervenes.
Snopes→ Did an American Actor Take Part in a London Bomb Attack ‘Hoax’?
A bizarre false flag conspiracy theory falsely links an actor from NBC's 'The Office' to the Parsons Green terrorist attack.
Snopes→ U.S. Government Ships Radioactive Milk to Black Communities as Part of a Genocide Plot?
A conspiracy theory involving radioactive milk and diabetes fails on both historical and scientific grounds.
Snopes→ Did a 2005 Movie Feature Hurricanes Named Harvey and Irma?
An online conspiracy theory about government-created hurricanes gets even the most basic facts wrong.
Snopes→ Did a Former BBC Investigative Journalist Die in ‘Suspicious Circumstances’?
Liz MacKean fought to reveal historical child sexual abuse, but there is no evidence that she died from anything other than natural causes.
Snopes→ Alt-Right Turns Against ‘Unite the Right’ Organizer Jason Kessler, Labels Him ‘Soros/Deep State Plant’
In the aftermath of the violence-plagued Charlottesville rally, former white nationalist allies peddled a conspiracy theory suggesting Kessler is a left-wing provocateur.
Snopes→ Is the Accused Charlottesville Killer an ‘Anti-Trump Leftist’ Supported by Clinton, Soros?
Various right-leaning sources immediately — and inaccurately — identified the driver of the vehicle that plowed through a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville as a "radical leftist."
Snopes→ ‘I Was Seth Rich for a Day’ — Washington, D.C. Man Misidentified as Murder Victim by Conspiracy Theorists
For Washington, D.C. business owner Jeff Gero it was just another day — until he saw a tweet identifying him as slain Democratic National Committee employee Seth Rich.
Snopes→ ‘I Was Seth Rich for a Day’ — DC Man Misidentified as Murder Victim by Conspiracy Theorists
For Washington, D.C. business owner Jeff Gero it was just another day — until he saw a tweet identifying him as slain Democratic National Committee employee Seth Rich.
Snopes→ Did Justin Bieber and Katy Perry Say Pedophiles Run the Music Industry?
Both pop singers were targeted by fake news stories reporting that they had exposed a pedophile ring in control of the music business.
Snopes→ Is ‘Baron Trump’s Marvelous Underground Journey’ a Real Book from the 1890s?
Two books from the 1890s contain seemingly eerie connections to modern-day politics.
Snopes→ Is Snapchat Building a Facial Recognition Database for the Feds?
Online conspiracy theorists claim Snapchat's image filter feature called "Lenses" is covertly amassing a database of users' faces to share with law enforcement agencies.
Snopes→ Were Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell Murdered to Cover Up a Pedophile Ring?
A fake news web site claimed the deceased singers from Linkin Park and Sound Garden were murdered because they were about to expose a list of pedophiles.
Snopes→ Did a Former Haitian Official Commit Suicide Before Clinton Testimony?
After Klaus Eberwein's suicide, inevitable links to the "Clinton Body Count" rumor emerged, but without clear merit.
Truth or Fiction?→ Clinton Foundation Witness Klaus Eberwein Found Dead-Truth! & Unproven!
Clinton Foundation Witness Klaus Eberwein Found Dead-Truth! & Unproven! Summary of eRumor: Former Haitian government official Klaus Eberwein was found dead just before he was scheduled to expose Clinton Foundation fraud before an anti-corruption
Snopes→ Was George Soros an SS Officer in Nazi Germany?
A viral image purportedly showing a young George Soros in a Nazi SS uniform actually depicts an Auschwitz guard named Oskar Groening.
Snopes→ CNN Used the Same Girl in Three Different Refugee Crisis Pictures?
A variation on the 'crisis actor' conspiracy theory holds that CNN used photographs of the same girl to represent three different refugee crises.
Truth or Fiction?→ Alex Jones Appointed White House Press Secretary-Fiction!
Alex Jones Appointed White House Press Secretary-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: InfoWars host and noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been named the White House press secretary. The Truth: A website that specializes in “Christian news satire&#
Snopes→ Did Hillary Clinton Tell FBI’s Mueller to Deliver Uranium to Russians in 2009 ‘Secret Tarmac Meeting’?
Hyperpartisan web sites mischaracterized a State Department cable alerting the U.S. Embassy in Russia of a transfer of criminal evidence obtained in a sting operation.
Snopes→ Kelly Presses ‘Infowars’ Host Jones on Sandy Hook Denial
Kelly defended her decision to feature "InfoWars" host Alex Jones on her NBC newsmagazine despite taking heat from families of Sandy Hook shooting victims and others, saying it's her job to "shine a light" on newsmakers.
Snopes→ Did the Man Who Discovered the HIV Virus Confess to ‘Inventing’ It?
A bizarre, entirely false story originated on a web site notorious for bizarre, entirely false stories.
Truth or Fiction?→ Monica Lewinksy Found Dead, Murdered in Attempted Burglary-Fiction!
Monica Lewinksy Found Dead, Murdered in Attempted Burglary-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Monica Lewinsky has been found dead in what appears to be an attempted burglary, which suspiciously happened after she ended an affair with President Bill Clinton.
Truth or Fiction?→ President Trump’s Tweet About “Covfefe” Has Hidden Meaning-Unproven!
President Trump’s Tweet About “Covfefe” Has Hidden Meaning-Unproven! Summary of eRumor: A tweet from President Trump’s personal Twitter account included the word “covfefe,” leading to questions about the definition o