An often-circulated quote from a University of Pennsylvania faculty member attacking United States President Donald Trump was posthumously spread second-hand. The purported remark attributed to ...

After Thomas Edison’s school teacher called him addled or mentally ill in a letter, Edison's mother hid the letter from the young inventor and homeschooled him so that he could reach his full ...

A March 2009 event honoring then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has lingered on for years online, as both right-wing political figures and internet “influencers” have linked her to another ...

Against the backdrop of a long-running federal shutdown, purportedly over border wall funding, a Facebook user shared the following meme in January 2019: It read: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SENT $56 BILLION ...

As outgoing United States President Donald Trump and his supporters were locked out of some digital platforms, social media users asked — sometimes derisively — if Trump would open an account on the ...

In October 2019, a post circulated showing a natural rock formation known as “Six Grandfathers” before it was carved into what most Americans now call “Mount Rushmore.” For anyone curious, here’s what ...

Charley Reese’s Final Column-Correct Attribution! Summary of eRumor: An editorial written by longtime Orlando Sentinel columnist Charley Reese in 1984 is still making the rounds today on the Internet, ...

A midwestern meme contains claims that Lake Superior, because of its size and frigid waters, "never gives up her dead." ...

On June 9 2019, the Facebook page “No To Theocracy” shared the following meme (archived here), featuring a quote in which President Dwight Eisenhower appeared to have predicted Holocaust denial: Above ...

A debate continues over whether the United States Postal Service is losing money thanks to an arduous pension pre-funding law or if it is simply because mail volume is decreasing due to the influence ...

TruthOrFiction.com was founded in 1999 by Rich Buhler, a broadcaster, speaker, author, broadcast journalist, and producer who researched and wrote about rumors and urban legends for more than 30 years ...

This is part of an ongoing series about how communities can fight back and protect themselves against weaponized disinformation. Any anthropologist can tell you that human lives are created, bounded, ...