Hurricane

Did President Donald Trump send a tweet implying hurricane Dorian shifted course because of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and that millions would have died if Andrew Gillum had been Governor? No, that's not true: the tweet was put out by a parody account but got widely screenshotted and shared on social media as if it were real. The story originated…

Did Al Gore blame President Donald Trump for hurricane Dorian at a converence in Geneva? No, that's not true. The story was published by a liberal satire website that tries to fool Trump supporters and Republicans into sharing made up stories that are clearly marked as satire when you actually click them. Articles from the site are frequently copied by…

Does this video show Palestinian terrorists in Gaza firing 500 rockets into civilian areas in Israel? No, that's not true: This video shows military artillery firing missiles during a training exercise at Polessky firing range in the Republic of Belarus in March 2014. The false claim circulated on social media after Palestinians fired hundreds of rockets from Gaza into Israel…

Did a Boston man try to fill a scuba tank with marijuana smoke and then he lost his testicles in an explosion? No, that's not true: This is a fake story published by a known fake news website that tends to post hoaxes involving men losing parts of their sexual anatomy. This never happened. The story originated from an article…

Did a Florida man, who was high on meth, cut off his own genitals and fee them to an alligator? No, that's not true: It is a hoax story published by a known fake news website that generates web traffic by publishing outlandish reports not based in reality. The "local media" source does not exist and the incident never happened.…

Did Venezuela just declare war on Paraguay? No, that's not true: some joker uploaded an article making that claim to a prank website that allows anyone to create a realistic-looking news article, but it is not real. The story originated from an article published on 12minutos.com on January 12, 2019 titled "VENEZUELA DECLARA LA GUERRA A LA REPUBLICA DE PARAGUAY"…

Yesterday Eli Saslow at the Washington Post wrote a fantastic article about Christopher Blair, a man from Maine who has been trolling conservatives and Trump supporters online for years and occasionally even made a living out of it. Blair's main website and Facebook page are named "America's Last Line of Defense" and he uses them to publish various articles and…

Did Hillary Clinton ever say 'The Only Crime I Ever Committed Was Stealing The Hearts Of The American People'? No, that's not true: the quote was made up by a Christian-themed satire website but went massively viral after several right-wing and conservatives Facebook pages published links to the story with many people not realizing it was not actually real. The…

Was there an issue with voting machines during the U.S. midterm elections causing party affiliation not to show up after candidate's names? No, that's not real news: it was a bit of satire mocking the current partisan election climate that was published by a Christian themed satire website. Even though it is just a joke it went massively viral after…

Are the Democrats now selling official riot supplies like pitchforks, torches and rocks in their official web store? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Christian-themed satire website. It is not real. The story originated from an article published by The Babylon Bee on October 11, 2018 titled "Democratic Party Now Selling Official Riot Supplies" (archived…