Dollar Bills

Does a device help reduce a household's overall electric use by up to 89.9%? No, that's not true: The unit is a scam. The caption stated that the device "is in the sights of energy companies who want to ban it for good," but this claim cannot be substantiated. The claim originated from a post (archived here) published by Ram…

Did the U.S. Senate move on a bill that provides fines of up to $15,000 against those who share memes online? No, that's not true: A trending article making that claim distorts what the proposed copyright legislation would provide. If passed into law, it would provide a voluntary alternative to federal lawsuits for settling small copyright claims. It would not…

Forget Macedonia, the real capital of fake news might just be Accra in Ghana On April 17, 2018 former First Lady Barbara Bush passed away but a full day earlier an article prematurely announcing her death from a website pretending to be CNN managed to rack up a combined 2.3 million likes, shares and comments on Facebook. Barely a week…

A fake news website posted an article on January 12th 2017 claiming that the United States Supreme Court just declared the Affordable Care Act (commonly known as Obamacare) unconsititutional. Leadstories' Trendolizer engine detected the fact that the article started trending almost immediately. The article opened: The Supreme Court, in an emergency session to determine the fate of Obamacare called by…

There is a humorous NOT TRUE story making the rounds on the internet about a room service attendant and The Donald, titled "Donald Trump Caught Snorting Cocaine by Hotel Staff". It comes from a known hoax site but some people don't understand that. This crazy story starts with "The Internet is buzzing today after white supremacist presidential candidate Donald Trump…