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2023-09-26 23:18:58

From the archives | This article, despite everything that has gone down over the last several years, is still one of our most popular on this entire site:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/clintonfriends/

2023-09-21 21:12:36

Here's a vintage rumor from our archives, which you may still hear around from time to time:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/flashinglights/

2023-08-18 18:59:56

This persistent piece of disinformation, which was one of many spread in order to mislead the public about the reality of a changing climate, is less true in 2023 that it has ever been before:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/noaa-climate-coverup-fake-story/

2023-08-16 21:16:46

Here are ways you can help people struggling after the #Hawaii fires:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/maui-fires-how-to-help/

2023-08-15 18:25:39

From the archives (#Georgia 2020 edition) | Claims like these were circulated relentlessly in the latter months of 2020 in order to attack the public's faith in democratic elections:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/did-monitors-discover-a-9626-vote-error-in-the-dekalb-county-georgia-recount/

2023-08-14 18:53:01

Those stories you're hearing about shockingly low wages paid to writers on highly popular shows? Yeah, they're true:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/suits-writers-paid-just-3000/

2023-08-14 17:33:47

Update | Now there's an FBI investigation starting up:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/oklahoma-education-head-says-state-will-not-back-away-from-tulsa-race-massacre/

2023-08-09 23:59:50

Know your history:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/fdr-and-the-business-plot-of-1933/

2023-08-09 00:00:48

We stan a sea cat >^.^< #InternationalCatDay
https://www.truthorfiction.com/sea-cats-and-passports/

2023-08-07 23:21:54

Looking back over our "15 days of darkness" story archives, we noticed something curious -- the rumors appear to be clustered around elections:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/nasa-november-blackout-confirmed-15-days-of-darkness-ahead/

2023-08-04 18:47:39

Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to have forgotten these verses:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/in-matthew-25-jesus-describes-true-converts-as-being-marked-by-a-peculiar-empathy/

2023-08-04 17:05:00

Updated | "The Justins" have been formally reinstated:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/tennessee-three-robocall/

2023-07-10 18:44:27

You may have heard that climate change is contributing to a global #sriracha shortage and we're here to tell you that's completely true:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/why-sriracha-is-out-of-stock-everywhere/

2023-04-05 18:08:42

From the archive, updated | The phrase "stochastic terrorism" is coming up again -- but it never should have gone away to begin with. Here's a brief rundown of the relationship between rhetoric and reality in the social media years:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/makeshift-bombs-sent-to-subjects-of-major-conspiracy-theories/

2023-03-31 17:54:06

Fentanyl has been a key part of law enforcement narratives that have been allowed to recirculate thanks to local news outlets and political figures, despite being roundly debunked; the drug has also been used to gin up similarly debunked anti-immigrant rhetoric:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/joanne-segovia-san-jose/

2023-03-20 16:28:41

ICYMI | #[0], who was arrested last week, isn't just an associate of #[1] -- he's a partner in promulgating heavily weaponized disinformation narratives for personal gain:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/guo-wengui-steve-bannon-arrest/