Hoaxes

Discovery Channel will show man being ‘eaten alive’ by an anaconda

Where some would ask “why,” Paul Rosolie asks, “why not?”

On Nov 5, 2014 by Miles Klee

UFO truthers freak out over crackpot conspiracy ‘confession’

Yeah, this isn’t true.

On Oct 31, 2014 by Miles Klee

How to tell if a story is from a fake news site

Trust no one.

On Oct 31, 2014 by Miles Klee

Luxy, the ‘Tinder without poor people’ app, might be totally fake, is still depressing

Luxy is Tinder, with a hefty dose of good old-fashioned classism. 

On Oct 3, 2014 by EJ Dickson

Plastic surgeons say Three-Boob Girl is a hoax

“I would be happy to go on record claiming that this is a falsified story and essentially not possible.”

On Sep 23, 2014 by EJ Dickson

6 reasons we fall for hoaxes on Facebook

If everybody’s sharing it, channel your inner After School Special and proceed with caution.

On Sep 10, 2014 by Cabell Gathman

White supremacists share Spider-Man still to expose ‘the truth’ about racial crime

Even for the Internet, this is pretty dumb.

On Aug 28, 2014 by Miles Klee

Reddit debunks the hilarious My Drunk Wife viral video

If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.

On Aug 7, 2014 by Rae Votta

That Omegle murder confession is, of course, a hoax

Despite what you heard, 12-year-old Jullssa Romero was not murdered.

On Aug 5, 2014 by Fernando Alfonso III

That video of Vladmir Putin getting pooped on by a bird is fake

Today is already ruined.

On Aug 4, 2014 by Miles Klee

How I accidentally started a Wikipedia hoax about Amelia Bedelia

I jokingly edited an author’s page five and a half years ago. Today, it’s still there, and cited by numerous well-respected sources. 

On Jul 29, 2014 by EJ Dickson

Peter Dinklage’s selfie with Grumpy Cat is a fake

Like a glorious mirage in the vast wasteland of fandom, the Peter Dinklage–Grumpy Cat photo is a sham.

On Jun 27, 2014 by Greg Seals

The story behind the KFC hoax is even more complicated than you think

It’s a story that’s all too familiar, and that’s the problem.

On Jun 26, 2014 by S.E. Smith

Reality check: Ryan Gosling did not secretly adopt a baby

Is it too late to put those exploded ovaries back together?

On Jun 17, 2014 by Rob Price

#EndFathersDay is the work of 4chan, not feminists

The hashtags #EndFathersDay and #WhitesCantBeRaped trended worldwide Friday, apparently the work of angry feminists on Twitter.

On Jun 13, 2014 by Fernando Alfonso III