On July 26 2020, what appeared to be a shocking local news story (headline: “Pedophile’s Decapitated Corpse Found On Judge’s Doorstep After Bail Hearing In Ocala, Florida”) began circulating on Facebook and Twitter: It's times li
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FactCheck.org→ Baseless Clinton Conspiracy Theory Still Circulating
Quick Take A Macedonian website is peddling a baseless Hillary Clinton conspiracy theory that has amassed tens of thousands of shares on Facebook. The story implies that Clinton was involved in the deaths of two Baltimore-area law enforcement officers,
Snopes→ Did Democrats Pass a Bill That Funds College for ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Using Taxpayer Money?
"Investment is squandered when higher education is placed out of reach, and it is a huge disservice to students and all New Yorkers."
Snopes→ Did Theresa May Say Pedophiles Should Be Allowed to Adopt Children?
A notorious junk news site twisted a news story from 2010.
Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show Barack Obama Dressed as Satan?
"Gosh, that cheek looks awfully familiar. Could it be ... Satan?"
Snopes→ Did Miley Cyrus Tell Fans to Worship Satan If They Want to Be Rich and Famous?
Contrary to what's claimed on various junk news websites, the pop songstress has not sung the praises of Satan.
Snopes→ Was This Man Whipped to Death for Molesting a 2-Year-Old Child?
A graphic video showing a man being brutally whipped while tied to a post is real, but it has nothing to do with pedophilia.
Did Two Men Confess to Assaulting a Woman Accusing a Supreme Court Nominee?
On the eve of a scheduled hearing for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor who has credibly accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party in 1982, what looked like a potential bombshell story appeared on social media: Senate Judiciary Rs release a Kavanaugh investigative summary that includes: -an […]
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Snopes→ Did a Harvard Study Prove That “Unvaccinated Children Pose No Risk” to Other Kids?
A deceptive and factually challenged blog post on an anti-vaccine website is not a “Harvard study,” yet its false conclusions are popular on social media.
Snopes→ Was an FBI Agent Who Exposed Hillary Clinton’s Corruption Found Dead?
A murder-suicide involving an FBI agent and his estranged wife was not related to a probe into Hillary Clinton and the "Fast and Furious" scandal.
Snopes→ Did HR 6054 Make It Illegal to Join ‘Antifa’?
The Unmasking Antifa Act, introduced to Congress in June 2018, would create additional penalties for committing "certain offenses" while in disguise.
Snopes→ Did a Study Find That Almost All Politicians Are ‘Actual Psychopaths’?
A disreputable web site grossly misrepresents the finding of a May 2018 study.
Snopes→ Did Chelsea Clinton Tweet That ‘Pizzagate Is Real’?
Neither Pizzagate nor a "child trafficking bunker" in Tucson is real or connected to illegal activities supposedly directed by Hillary Clinton.
Snopes→ Did Snopes.com Ignore a Huge Child Trafficking Bust in Arizona?
Disreputable web sites conflated a homeless camp in Arizona with a carefully orchestrated multi-agency sting on the other side of the country.
Snopes→ Is McDonald’s Replacing All Cashiers with Robots to Avoid a Minimum Wage Increase?
A fake news site twisted information about self-serve kiosks into a false claim that McDonald's is replacing all their cashiers with "robots."
Snopes→ Was a Massive Pedophile Ring with ‘70,000 Elite Members’ Busted by Police?
A disreputable web site with a penchant for pedophilia-related clickbait deceptively reported a years-old story as current news.
Snopes→ Was Anthony Bourdain About to Expose an Elite Pedophile Ring?
Some fake news sites just can't get over their obsessions with pederasty, likely because it makes for effective clickbait material.
Snopes→ Was a Washington, D.C. Daycare Center Raided for ‘Pimping Children to Elite Pedophiles’?
Another embellished report from a site with a penchant for spreading fake news about pedophiles.
Snopes→ Did Pope Francis Say Gun Owners ‘Can’t Call Themselves Christians Anymore’?
A notorious fake news web site wrenches the Pope's remarks out of context to create yet another sensationalist, misleading story.
Snopes→ Was the Body of a Dead Pedophile Dumped in Front of Parliament?
Some fake news sites just can't get over their obsessions with pederasty, likely because it makes for effective clickbait material.
Snopes→ Did DJ Avicii Try to Expose a Pedophile Ring Before He Died?
Yet another specious "report" from a fake news site that seems to have a fascination with pedophilia.
Snopes→ Was a Pedophile Who Raped a 5-Year-Old Found Dead in Prison with His ‘Testicles Missing’?
A man convicted of sex crimes against a child died in prison, but not in the grisly manner claimed by fake news purveyors.
Snopes→ Did a Mother ‘Blow the Head Off’ a Pedophile Attempting to Rape Her Child?
An account of a Georgia woman who fatally shot a burglar in her home was embellished with fabricated elements by a fake news purveyor.
Snopes→ Was Actor Corey Feldman Stabbed Over Pedophilia Claims?
Actor Corey Feldman reported he was stabbed over his claims that he was victim of pedophilia, but police statements don't back up his account.
Snopes→ Was a Pedophile Found Dead in His Prison Cell with His Penis Chopped Off?
A man convicted of sex crimes against children died in prison, but not in the grisly manner claimed by fake news purveyors.
Snopes→ Did an Australian Archbishop Call Pedophilia a ‘Spiritual Encounter With God’?
Fake news web sites gave a blatantly manufactured account of a statement by Archbishop Denis Hart.
Snopes→ Was a Pedophile Priest with HIV Who Raped Children Crucified?
The viral tale of Father Jose Garcia Ataulfo, already questionable to begin with, has been embellished with fabricated fictional elements.
Snopes→ Did Macaulay Culkin Say Satanic Hollywood Executives Wear Shoes Made From Dead Children?
Fake news sites reported that the former child star says Hollywood is run by Satanic pedophiles who ritually murdering children.
Snopes→ Was President Trump ‘Feared Dead’ After a Fire at Trump Tower?
A dubious web site overstated the danger posed by the small blaze in New York City in order to push conspiracy theories.
Snopes→ Did Bono Say ‘Donald Trump Is Destroying America, We Must Stop Him’?
Reports that the U2 frontman proclaimed during an interview that "Donald Trump is destroying America, [and] we must stop him" are fake news.
Snopes→ Did Canada Legalize Euthanasia So Parents Can Kill Children With Disabilities?
Misleading articles citing an opinion piece falsely claim that Canada has given a "green light" for parents to "kill disabled children".
Snopes→ Did a Bulldog Bite Off a Pedophile’s Penis as He Tried to Rape Sleeping Children?
Reports that a family dog saved sleeping young children from sexual abuse by biting off an intruder's genitals are fake news.
Snopes→ Has Tony Podesta Been Arrested in the Mueller Investigation?
Notorious fake news sites falsely reported the Democratic lobbyist had been taken into custody.
Snopes→ Did Seven ‘Key Witnesses’ to Las Vegas Shooting Die Under ‘Suspicious Circumstances’?
A conspiratorial web site is falsely insinuating the deaths of several Las Vegas shooting witnesses are linked.
Snopes→ Pedophile’s Decapitated Corpse Found On Judge’s Doorstep After Bail Hearing?
Rumors holding that a pedophile was decapitated in Texas originated on a disreputable web site.
Snopes→ Did Vladimir Putin Say North Korea Doesn’t Have Nuclear Weapons But Has ‘Trillions’ in Minerals?
We found no evidence that the Russian president made this comment.
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→ Did Brad Pitt Say That ‘Elite Hollywood Pedophiles Control America’?
A hoax article appeared to report that the actor made shocking claims about the nature of show business.