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Stephen Glass
December 20, 2019 December 20, 2019
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Fake News

Stephen Glass: Deception in the Digital Age

September 18, 2020 December 16, 2019
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Fake News

The Feejee Mermaid Bubble

Drop of Water
December 14, 2019
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Conspiracy Theory, Fake News

Water Fluoridation: A Social Issue

December 11, 2019
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Conspiracy Theory, Fake News, Politics, Trump

Pizzagate, Schmizzagate

December 14, 2019 December 11, 2019
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Fake News

The Central Park “Zoobreak” of 1874

A jet plane in the sky with four contrails behind it.
December 11, 2019
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Fake News

CON-trary to What You Have Heard, Chemtrails Aren’t Real

Frances Griffith with fairies dancing in front of her.
December 10, 2019
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Viral Photo, Fake News

“Fairies, my dear Watson!”

New York Journal headline declaring Spanish Treachery.
December 6, 2019 December 6, 2019
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Fake News, Politics

The U.S.S Maine Disaster: Yellow Journalism At Its Finest

December 1, 2019
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Fake News

Barnum’s Bullshit: The Greatest Showman’s Greatest Controversy

November 27, 2019 November 27, 2019
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Fake News

Man-Eating Trees are a Myth… Update: Trees Don’t Eat Women Either!

November 23, 2019
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Fake News, Politics

“I’m about to end this whole man’s career”: McCarthy’s Photoshop Revenge

December 11, 2019 November 22, 2019
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Fake News

How Fake News Made a Fake News Story Famous

November 22, 2019
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Fake News

Janet Cooke’s “Jimmy’s World” and the Fear of Lying Media

November 25, 2019 November 21, 2019
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Fake News

Manic Satanic Panic

November 25, 2019
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Fake News

Samuel Peters: Bullshitter Extraordinaire

A balloon in the sky.
November 17, 2019
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Fake News

Poe’s Balloon Hoax: How Fake News Conquers Mediocrity

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