White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was roundly criticized after contrasting Hitler with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Publication: Snopes
Snopes→ Does the ‘Blood of Jesus’ Flower Only Bloom During Holy Week?
An image purporting to show a rare flower that only appears during a specific religious observance actually shows a New Zealand pohutukawa flower, which appears in the winter.
Snopes→ Daily Mail Reportedly Pays Melania Trump $2.9 Million Settlement in Libel Suit
The British tabloid admitted claims about the First Lady's having worked for an escort service were "not true."
Snopes→ Musician John Geils of the J. Geils Band Dies at 71
Police say the famed rock guitarist was found dead in his home in Groton, Massachusetts on 11 April 2017.
Snopes→ Does United Airlines Have an Armed ‘Seating and Apparel’ Division?
A doctored photo mocked the airline's recent public relations disasters.
Snopes→ What Are ‘Refried Beans’?
What Americans call 'refried beans' are not really beans that have been fried more than once.
Snopes→ Was Baseball Player Moe Berg a World War II Spy?
Washington Senators catcher Morris "Moe" Berg never made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he was proud of his service to his country.
Snopes→ Heinz Baked Beans Featured in London Pop-Up Cafe
The cafe features collectible cans and various beany dishes.
Snopes→ Parking Lot Perfume Robbers
Long-standing crime warning holds that thieves are trolling parking lots and rendering their victims unconscious with perfume samples.
Snopes→ Swedish Police Identify Suspect in Stockholm Truck Attack
Rakhmat Akilov, an Uzbek national, admitted in court to driving a truck in to pedestrians on a busy shopping street in central Stockholm.
Snopes→ Fake News: Deadly Crash Kills Two Moms, Five Kids
The same fake news of a vehicular tragedy has been spread via multiple domains to target varying locales throughout the U.S.
Snopes→ Did Sean Spicer Say ‘We’re Absolutely Ready For WWIII’ Under Trump?
A quote supposedly from White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer about the start of World War III originated with a hoax news article.
Snopes→ Trump Calls United Airlines ‘My Kinda People’?
A satirical site published a report that Trump approved of airport police dragging a man off an airplane to make room for United employees flying standby.
Snopes→ Report: Chechnya Opens Concentration Camp for Homosexuals
A Russian newspaper reported that Chechens suspected of being homosexual have been rounded up and detained in concentration camps.
Snopes→ Pentagon Awards Contract to United Airlines to Forcibly Remove Assad?
A bit of military satire involving involving United Airlines and Syria was mistaken for real news on social media.
Snopes→ Reasons for Admission to Insane Asylums in the 19th Century
A list purportedly documents the myriad reasons or symptoms behind patients' being admitted to insane asylums in the back in the 1800s.
Snopes→ Were Black Lives Matter Protests in Ferguson Funded by Russia?
Twitter sleuths alleged that the racial justice movement was funded by the Putin administration, but offered no proof.
Snopes→ Dylann Roof Pleads Guilty to Murdering Nine People in Church Shooting
A South Carolina judge levied nine life sentences against Roof, who was also sentenced to death by a federal judge.
Snopes→ Is President Trump Making a White House Reality Show?
A satirical post about the First Family had readers doing a double-take.
Snopes→ Passenger Dragged by Force From a United Flight
Airport police bloodied a man's lip as they pulled him out of his seat to make room for United employees flying standby.
Snopes→ Manhunt Continues for Joseph Jakubowski, Accused of Gun Theft and Threats
The Wisconsin man is accused of stealing more than a dozen guns and penning a threatening manifesto.
Snopes→ Did the Trump Organization Win a Lucrative Contract to Rebuild a Syrian Airport?
A fake news article reported that the private real estate company had won a lucrative contract to rebuild a military airfield that had been bombed by the United States.
Snopes→ Two Dead, Two Injured in San Bernardino Elementary School Shooting
The injured students have been taken to area hospitals.
Snopes→ Did President Trump Have Diarrhea on the Golf Course?
A photograph purportedly showing President Trump with a brown stain on the back of his golf pants was digitally manipulated.
Snopes→ “Sour Honey’ is a Cure for Cancer?
While there is a limited amount of science behind some medical claims about bee propolis (marketed as "sour honey"), its promotion as a cure that is withheld from the public by Hillary Clinton and her pharmaceutical cronies is a marketing ploy.
Snopes→ Malia Obama Expelled from Harvard?
Reports that the former First Daughter was booted from Harvard for a drug violation are fake news.
Snopes→ Fresh Express Salad Recalled After Dead Bat Reportedly Found in Package
The recall affects certain Fresh Express brand spring mix salads with an April 14 'use-by' date.
Snopes→ Trump: “Build a Fence Around New Mexico”?
Reports that Donald Trump advocated building a fence around the state of New Mexico originated as fake news.
Snopes→ Did President Trump Profit from the U.S. Missile Strike Against Syria?
Online reports claimed that President Trump owns stock in Raytheon and thereby profited from a U.S. Tomahawk missile strike on a Syrian airbase in April 2017.
Snopes→ Babies Born In-Flight Get Free Air Travel for Life?
Although babies born in-flight are occasionally given free air travel for the rest of their lives by the carrier, it's a rare occurrence and not a standard practice.
Snopes→ ISIS Claims Responsibility for Two Explosions That Killed at Least 45 Egyptian Christians
The blasts in the Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria targeted Coptic Christian churches during Palm Sunday celebrations.
Snopes→ Etymology of Sirloin
The cut of steak known as "sirloin" is not so named because an English king once knighted a piece of beef.
Snopes→ ‘Gates of Heaven’ Photograph
A manipulated photograph of the Swan Nebula is being passed around as an image of "The Gates of Heaven" that has supposedly befuddled astronomers.
Snopes→ A Toaster Dial Sets Minutes, Not ‘Level of Toasty-ness’?
A long-circulating image claims that toaster owners are misinformed about the purpose of a dial that sets minutes, not darkness.
Snopes→ Do Wireless Signals Stunt Plant Growth?
A 2013 school science project that purports to show that wifi wilts cress plants periodically reappears, but its claims remain unproven.
Snopes→ Are Blue Strawberries Real?
Images that purport to show "blue strawberries" were digitally manipulated.
Snopes→ Study: Women with Natural Hair Have Low Self-Esteem?
Reports of research finding that women with natural hair have lower self-esteem than women with treated hair are based on a satirical article.
Snopes→ White House Admits Syria Missile Attack Was a Publicity Stunt to Make Trump Look Good?
Unreliable web sites spread the false claim that senior White House officials "openly admitted that the chemical strike against Syria had no actual purpose."
Snopes→ EPA Reportedly Eliminates Program Helping Cities Deal With Climate Change
An unidentified official said that the issue should not be "controlled from inside Washington, D.C."
Snopes→ Report: ‘Mowgli Girl’ Found Living with Monkeys in India
According to news sources in India, police rescued a girl believed to have been living in the forest with monkeys for several years.