Is a Craigslist ad promising $100 for people to stand in line at a Trump rally real? And is it proof of Trump paying people to make his rallies seem bigger? No, we tracked down the phone number associated with the ad and found it was linked to
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Lead Stories→ Fake News: New Research Did NOT Say Short People Are Angrier And More Violent Than Tall People
Did 'new' research show that short people are angrier and more violent than tall people? No, that's just a headline put out by some clickbait website citing two pieces of old research that don't actually make any claims about that. The headlin
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Pro-Choice Activist Did NOT Break World Record By Getting 27th Abortion
Did 34-year-old Elena Travis from California break the world record for most abortions by getting 27 of them? And is she a pro-choice activist? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian website that invents tales of bizarre cri
Hoax-Slayer→ Watch Out for Bogus Bill Emails Claiming to be From AGL
Australian based energy company AGL is warning customers to watch for fake bill emails that contain links to a malicious website. The post Watch Out for Bogus Bill Emails Claiming to be From AGL appeared first on Hoax-Slayer.
Taylor Swift’s Political Endorsements: The Rumors and the Reality
Pop superstar Taylor Swift — once a darling of the far-right and alt-right crowds because of her “Aryan goddess” looks and their own fevered imaginations — broke a years-long policy of silence on political matters in October 2018 to endorse a political party on her Instagram account: I’m writing this post about the upcoming midterm elections […]
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Lead Stories→ Fake News: Taylor Swift NOT Busted On Date With Colin Kaepernick
Was Taylor Swift spotted on a date with Colin Kaepernick? No, that's not true: the latest hoax about Swift was just the product of the imagination of a liberal satire weblog that likes to wind up Trump supporters and conservatives with storie
Snopes→ Was a Tapeworm Found in Welch’s Fruit Snacks?
A viral Facebook claim about the supposed discovery of a parasite in a piece of Welch's Fruit Snack has not been verified.
Climate Feedback→ Guardian story conveys statement by scientists stressing role of deforestation in climate change
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This story in The Guardian covers a statement released by a group of scientists to highlight several ways in which forests are important to climate change—both because deforestation releases carbon dioxide into t
LaCroix and its Chemical Additives
LaCroix sparkling water has had something of a moment, but anything popular comes with detractors. The fruity, low-calorie beverage met its own in October 2018 in the form of a class-action lawsuit that claims, among other things, that the drink contains ingredients used in cockroach insecticide. Chicago-based law firm Beaumont Costales also slammed LaCroix for false […]
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