The popular political fact checking website Politifact crashed during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night. 

Trump’s State of the Union crashed a fact-checking website

The jokes came quickly.

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Trump’s mention of ‘fake news’ draws boos at Davos

It didn’t go over well.

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The Trump administration recently passed on an exam designed to gauge students' ability to distinguish fake news.

Trump administration rejects high school exam designed to spot fake news

The exam asks questions on climate change data and cultural awareness.

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Man arrested after threatening to shoot CNN employees over ‘fake news’

He said he was going to ‘f*****g gun every single last one of you.’

On by Andrew Wyrich
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Trump supporters rip John McCain for his op-ed against ‘fake news’

Trump’s supporters weren’t happy.

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Facebook’s attempt to counter fake news is helping spread it

Media outlets are worried their coverage will be overshadowed by fabricated posts.

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Almost half of Republicans think accurate, but negative, stories about leaders or groups should be called 'fake news,' according to a new survey.

Study: 2 in 5 Republicans label accurate but negative stories ‘fake news’

Yikes.

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The official Twitter account for the GOP linked to a poll asking people to vote on who should win the 'Fake News Trophy,' that Trump suggested in November.

GOP wants to crown the ‘king of fake news’ after Trump’s suggestion

You can now vote for who should win the trophy.

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Facebook admits its original attempt to end fake news failed

The social giant will replace the feature with ‘related articles.’

On by Phillip Tracy
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Mike Cernovich and Charles Johnson, two far-right media personalities, hyped up what they thought would be a big Chuck Schumer story. Turns out it was fake.

Far-right media hypes up fake sexual harassment claim against Schumer

Oops.

On by Andrew Wyrich
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Bizarre TripAdvisor scam shows the power of fake reviews

The travel site claims it had everything under control.

On by Phillip Tracy
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Russian-linked Twitter accounts amassed 500K followers by posing as local news outlets

At least 40 faux accounts amassed half a million followers.

On by Phillip Tracy
Tech
Donald Trump has compared his IQ to a lot of people in the past, not just Rex Tillerson.

Donald Trump says it’s ‘fake news’ that he pressured Comey to stop investigating Flynn

Trump also ripped the FBI.

On by Josh Katzowitz
President Donald Trump's favorite polling outlet–Rasmussen–found that people believe Fox News should win the 'Fake News Trophy' the president suggested awarding on Monday.

Trump’s favorite pollster awards Fox News his ‘Fake News Trophy’

Trump said Fox News was excluded from his ‘fake news trophy’ contest, but voters seem to disagree.

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Washington Post busts woman trying to plant fake Roy Moore story

She walked into the offices of Project Veritas.

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