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Trump and Vance have entered the 'fake polls' phase of their campaign
The Trump campaign celebrated the polls when they showed him leading Biden. Now as polls shift in f…
Katie Balevic
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Fake AI images now contributing to misinformation spread nearly as much as traditionally altered media: Research
Fake images churned out by artificial intelligence (AI) are now spreading at an alarming rate, near…
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'Perfect Wife' is based on the true story of a woman who faked her kidnapping. Here's what happened to Sherri Papini.
Hulu's "Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini" tells the story of a "Gone Gir…
Eammon Jacobs
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Fewer Americans visited untrustworthy news sites ahead of the 2020 election compared to the 2016 election, a new study finds
In 2016, the top 20 fake news stories on Facebook outperformed the top 20 real news stories on the …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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FBI says North Korea deployed thousands of IT workers to get remote jobs in US with fake IDs
North Koreans are using fake IDs and learning IT skills to sneak their way into remote American job…
Associated Press
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Amber Heard's acting coach said she could tell the difference between Heard's real and fake tears because the actor had trouble fake crying
In prerecorded testimony played Wednesday, Kristina Sexton said Amber Heard often arrived to acting…
Erin Snodgrass,Jacob Shamsian
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Emmanuel Macron's wife said she will sue over a far-right internet conspiracy theory that claims she is a transgender woman
The disinformation was first published by a French far-right journal, which claimed to have conduct…
Matthew Loh
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Toni Braxton says she was told to hide her lupus diagnosis because 'people get scared around sick celebrities'
Toni Braxton was diagnosed with lupus in 2008. The singer said that being upfront about her lupus d…
Amanda Goh
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A 'fake moon' has been following Earth around the sun since 100 BC, and astronomers just noticed
Asteroid 2023 FW13 appears to be orbiting Earth at first glance, but it turns out that's just a coi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Donald Trump denies there is a Republican feud between him and Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling it 'fake news'
Reports suggest that Donald Trump is privately unhappy with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' high profile…
Alia Shoaib
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TikTokers are latching on to explosion and screaming audios to create fake videos of Russia invading Ukraine
One of the most popular videos using the audio has gained over 3 million views in less than 4 hours…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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3 Vermont state troopers resigned after alleged involvement in a fake vaccination card scheme
The Vermont State Police announced the resignations with few details Tuesday - nearly a month after…
Connor Perrett
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Trump claims The New York Times' Maggie Haberman's forthcoming book about him is 'fake'
"Yet another fake book, by a reporter who knows nothing about me, Maggot Haberman of the New York T…
Oma Seddiq,John Haltiwanger
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Top 5 fake news of 2016
Welcome to the world of scandalous reporting as we uncover biggest fake news stories that sound rea…
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Leaked Kremlin documents described Trump as an 'impulsive, mentally unstable and unbalanced individual': report
The Kremlin thought Trump would advance Russia's strategic objectives by inducing "social turmoil" …
John Haltiwanger
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A fake newspaper filed a real brief with the Supreme Court to support a man who created a fake Facebook page for a real police department
The Onion filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court to support Anthony Novak, who created a paro…
Isabella Zavarise
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Mike Lindell has again accused the Better Business Bureau of punishing MyPillow over his support for Trump
Mike Lindell's fresh criticism of the Better Business Bureau comes years after it dropped MyPillow'…
Zahra Tayeb
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One of Harlan Crow's Hitler paintings from his collection of Nazi memorabilia is likely a fake, according to two top experts
Harlan Crow's Nazi memorabilia collection includes a painting with the signature "A. Hitler." But a…
Jack Newsham,Katherine Long
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Trump's 2016 election targeted 3.5 million Black Americans with attack ads to deter them from voting, according to report
Channel 4 News reported leaked data shows Trump's 2016 campaign targeted Black Americans — a group …