Fake news articles claiming that people died while watching the movie It were circulated on social media in September 2017.
Publication: Fake-News
Snopes→ Did Barack Obama Attach an Ominous Message to a Letter He Wrote to Donald Trump?
There was no threat in an Inauguration Day letter from former President Barack Obama to his successor.
Snopes→ Florida Governor Rick Scott Critically Injured During Hurricane Irma Cleanup?
A notorious purveyor of fake news churns out another fabrication.
FactCheck.org→ Clinton Foundation Isn’t Charging FEMA
Q: Is the Clinton Foundation charging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to send supplies to victims of Hurricane Harvey? A: No. That claim originated on a satirical news site. The Clinton Foundation has not charged FEMA for bottled water or o
Snopes→ NFL Owner Orders His Players to Stand During Anthem?
An NFL owner didn't tell his players they were "actors" playing the role of "patriotic super heroes" and therefore had to stand during the playing of the U.S. national anthem.
Snopes→ Did Celine Dion Say ‘I Can’t Even Look at an American Flag’ Because ‘I Hate This Country?’
A clickbait news web site invented a controversy involving Celine Dion, Loretta Lynn, Cher, and other female musicians.
FactCheck.org→ Obama Didn’t Pardon Wendell Callahan
Q: Did former President Barack Obama pardon Wendell Callahan, who was later accused of killing three people after his early release? A: No. Congress unanimously passed a bill changing drug sentencing laws and Obama signed it. Callahan petitioned for
Snopes→ Did the United States Treasury Announce Plans to Put Robert E. Lee on the New $20 Bill?
An article apparently intended as topical satire was mistaken for real news by some readers.
Truth or Fiction?→ Hurricane Harvey Flooding Uncovers Secret Stash of Obama Administration Ammo-Fiction!
Hurricane Harvey Flooding Uncovers Secret Stash of Obama Administration Ammo-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Hurricane Harvey flooding led to the discovery of ammunition that the Obama administration hid in a small Texas town called Lexmar. The Truth: Fals
Snopes→ The Office US is Returning in 2018?
Rumors holding that the show 'The Office' was returning in 2018 are not based in reality.
Snopes→ Did Hurricane Harvey Reveal Barack Obama’s Secret Ammunition Stash?
A "satirical" web site fabricated a story linking the fatal storm to the former president and 2015 military exercises at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Snopes→ Did FEMA Deny Aid to Harvey Victims Unless They Received Vaccinations?
A false rumor that could discourage hurricane victims from seeking aid spread on social media.
Snopes→ Florida Sheriff’s Office Will Not Escort Miami Dolphins Until They Stand For National Anthem?
An old rumor that a police department said that it would not protect NFL players until they stood for the National Anthem was rehashed in September 2017 by a disreputable web site.
Truth or Fiction?→ Two Democratic Congressmen Arrested for Treason, Were on ISIS Payroll-Fiction!
Two Democratic Congressmen Arrested for Treason, Were on ISIS Payroll-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Two Democratic members of Congress have been arrested for treason after it was discovered that they were on ISIS’s payroll, and 11 other congressmen
Snopes→ Did a Texas Mosque Refuse to Help Hurricane Harvey Survivors?
A "satire" site fabricated a story about a local mosque closing its doors to "infidels" seeking help.
Snopes→ Osteen’s Lakewood Church Checking Member’s Tithe Records?
Reports that the beleaguered pastor of the Houston megachurch provided shelter from the city's floodwaters only to top financial contributors are fake news.
Snopes→ Florida Teacher Suspended After Shocking Sex Ed Demonstration?
Reports that a Florida teacher give 6th grade students an explicit sex ed lesson involving a strap-on sex toy to satisfy Common Core requirements are fake news.
Snopes→ Does a Video Show Two Men Looting a Cash Register During Tropical Storm Harvey?
A now-viral video of unknown origin shows two men standing in water taking cash from a register.
Snopes→ Did CNN Stage a Hurricane Harvey Rescue Video?
Conspiracy theorists accused the news network of faking a dramatic live rescue video during Hurricane Harvey.
FactCheck.org→ Katie Couric Didn’t Cancel Clinton Interview
Q: Did Katie Couric cancel an interview with Hillary Clinton because Clinton called former President Barack Obama a racial slur? A: Clinton did no such thing. Those claims were made-up by a satirical website. FULL QUESTION Did Katie Couric cancel
FactCheck.org→ Black Lives Matter Blocked Hurricane Relief?
Q: Did Black Lives Matter protesters block emergency crews from reaching Hurricane Harvey victims? A: No. That false claim was made in a satirical story featuring a 2016 photo of a protest in Atlanta, Georgia. FULL QUESTION Is this true? Black Lives M
Snopes→ Only 60 of 1,566 Churches in Houston Opened to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims?
A meme claiming that only 4 percent of churches in Houston opened their doors to Hurricane Harvey victims appears to have originated on a satirical Facebook page and was not based on any legitimate statistics.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Didn’t Fire 14 Muslim Judges
Q: Did President Donald Trump fire 14 Muslim federal judges? A: No. The satirical website that originally published the story describes itself as “your beacon of something you can kinda rely on sometimes but not really.” FULL ANSWER Presi
Snopes→ Joel Osteen Sails Luxury Yacht Through Flooded Houston to Pass out Copies of His Book?
A Christian satire site's claim about the popular televangelist using a luxury yacht to promote "Your Best Life Now" in Hurricane Harvey's aftermath was mistaken for real news.
Snopes→ Floyd Mayweather Jr. Donates a ‘Whopping Sum of Money’ to Houston After Hurricane?
A web site posing as the Houston Chronicle falsely reported that the boxer was giving aid money to Hurricane Harvey victims.
Snopes→ Facebook Introduces Measure to Block Advertisements From Sites That Share Fake News
The social media giant announced a new measure for penalizing web sites that post fake news.
Truth or Fiction?→ Delaware, Ohio, Cemetery Exhumes Bodies of Confederate Soldiers-Fiction!
Delaware, Ohio, Cemetery Exhumes Bodies of Confederate Soldiers-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The Delaware City Council approved exhuming and relocating the bodies of Confederate soldiers from Oak Grove Cemetery in response to violent protests in Charlot
Snopes→ Hillary Clinton Caught on Hot Mic Trash-Talking Obama?
Reports that Hillary Clinton was ejected from an interview with Katie Couric after using a racist slur to describe President Obama are fake news.
FactCheck.org→ No Supreme Court Border Wall Ruling
Q: Did the Supreme Court rule that President Donald Trump can build a border wall without the approval of Congress? A: No. That story comes from a website that “makes no guarantee that anything you find here will be based at all in reality.̶
Snopes→ Black Lives Matter ‘Thugs’ Blocked Emergency Crews from Reaching Hurricane Victims?
Reports that protesters had blocked emergency crews from reaching people stranded by Hurricane Harvey are — like earlier stories from which they were recycled — completely false.
FactCheck.org→ Fake Confederate Flag Story
Q: Did President Donald Trump defend a Confederate flag he hung in the White House? A: No. That was written by a website that “provides a satirical view of current events.” FULL ANSWER A story published by the American Tribune website on Aug. 18
Snopes→ Did Mariah Carey Cover a Dead Kennedys Song to Support Antifa?
A satirical article about Mariah Carey covering the Dead Kennedys in support of anti-fascism was mistaken by some for real entertainment news.
FactCheck.org→ Counterprotesters Paid in Charlottesville?
Q: Is a Craigslist ad proof that counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally were “paid to make chaos”? A: No. The ad called for “actors and photographers” in Charlotte, North Carolina, not Charlottesville, Virginia, where
Snopes→ Ohio Cemetery Begins Exhuming Bodies of Confederate Soldiers?
A fake news article claimed that a cemetery in Delaware, Ohio, was exhuming the bodies of confederate soldiers.
FactCheck.org→ Charlottesville Driver a Clinton Supporter?
Q: Is the man who drove his car into a crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia, a Hillary Clinton supporter, and funded by George Soros? A: There is no evidence to support either claim. In fact, the driver is a registered Republican, and his former teacher
Snopes→ Promoter Found Dead After Exposing Mayweather-McGregor ‘Fake Fight?’
A fake news article claimed that a boxing promoter was killed for saying that the Mayweather-McGregor fight was fixed.
FactCheck.org→ Charlottesville Driver Mix-up
Q: Did the man who drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, meet with former President Obama in the White House? A: No. A satirical website confuses the driver with the organizer of the rally, who is rumored to hav
Snopes→ Scientists Miscalculate, Solar Eclipse Actually Next Year?
A false article convinced some that NASA scientists miscalculated the solar eclipse date and were off by one year.
Snopes→ Was White Supremacist Who Killed Protester a Democrat Who Visited Obama in Oval Office?
Fake news web sites floated an incoherent story alleging that a white supremacist arrested for vehicular attack in Charlottesville, Virginia is a Democrat who met with Obama in the White House.
FactCheck.org→ Obama Center Not Federally Funded
Q: Did President Trump cancel funding to build Barack Obama’s presidential library? A: No. That story originated on a satirical news site. All presidential libraries have been constructed using private or non-federal funds. FULL ANSWER On Aug.