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Jeff Flake stated on January 17, 2018 in the U.S. Senate:

Says Donald Trump's use of the term "fake news" to undermine journalism "seems (to have) inspired dictators and authoritarians."

By John Kruzel • January 22, 2018

Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photos show “Ukrainian farmers are slowly starting to build their own army.”

By Yacob Reyes • March 21, 2022

Bloggers stated on November 24, 2016 in posts on the Internet:

CNN accidentally aired 30 minutes of pornography in Boston on Thanksgiving night.

By Joshua Gillin • November 29, 2016

Social Media stated on February 20, 2025 in in a social media post:

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “blocked Truth Social in Ukraine.”

By Claire Cranford • February 25, 2025

Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Half of all Ukrainian aid was laundered and sent back to Democrat candidates for re-election."

By Caleb McCullough • November 26, 2024

Social Media stated on October 24, 2023 in social media posts:

Russian President Vladimir Putin suffered a heart attack Oct. 22, 2023.

By Sara Swann • October 31, 2023

Whoopi Goldberg stated on March 8, 2023 in remarks on ABC's "The View":

"The First Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie."

By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2023

Bloggers stated on March 4, 2023 in a blog post:

Vladimir Putin “orders destruction of all COVID-19 vaccines in Russia.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 9, 2023

Instagram posts stated on February 5, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.”

By Sara Swann • February 7, 2023

Viral image stated on September 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows fighting in Ukraine.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 22, 2022

Facebook posts stated on July 24, 2022 in a blog post shared on Facebook:

“‘Monkeypox’ is only circulating in countries where the Pfizer vaccine has been distributed and is being used to advance a Technocratic Great Reset."

By Madison Czopek • July 29, 2022

Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2022 in a post:

Russia unveiled a nuclear weapon, "Satan 2," that is "capable of destroying everything breathing in the world."

By Monique Curet • March 2, 2022

Hal Turner Radio Show stated on May 20, 2021 in a blog post:

People with the COVID-19 vaccine are being "tracked in real time via 5G cellular, and all that data can be hacked into to track you."

By Andy Nguyen • May 28, 2021

Instagram posts stated on March 14, 2021 in a video caption:

Aluminum “is in the vaccine” and will hurt the brain.

By Andy Nguyen • March 22, 2021

Viral image stated on April 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:

A photo shows Muslims laughing in front of a burning Notre Dame.

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 16, 2019

Patriotnetwork.one stated on April 27, 2018 in a headline:

"Breaking: Czech Republic arms citizens. You can now shoot terrorists on sight."

By Amy Sherman • May 3, 2018

Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2018 in a tweet:

"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"

By John Kruzel, Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2018

Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2016 in a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.:

Says Sidney Blumenthal wrote that the Benghazi attack was "almost certainly preventable. Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect…

By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2016

Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in NBC's Commander-in-Chief Forum:

Says Russian President Vladimir Putin "calls me brilliant."

By Linda Qiu • September 8, 2016

Paul Manafort stated on August 14, 2016 in an interview on "State of the Union":

Says there was a "NATO base in Turkey being under attack by terrorists."

By Linda Qiu • August 16, 2016

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Looking at news coverage of the Hunter Biden story in other countries

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 30, 2020

“Muslims laughing” at Notre Dame and fact-checking photos in the era of false news

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2019

Tucker Carlson, Vladimir Putin interview, 2-6-2024

3 conspiracy theories Putin promoted in his Tucker Carlson interview that Carlson didn’t challenge

By Madison Czopek, Jeff Cercone • February 9, 2024

How ‘War on Fakes’ uses fact-checking to spread pro-Russia propaganda

By Luiz Romero • August 8, 2022

Fact-checking vaccine claims in alleged disinformation campaign by Russian intelligence

By Noah Y. Kim • March 9, 2021

2017 Lie of the Year: Russian election interference is a ‘made-up story’

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 12, 2017

Four things to know about Russia’s 2016 misinformation campaign

By Lauren Carroll • April 4, 2017

Anatomy of a statistic: Do 80 percent of Americans oppose sanctuary cities?

By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2017

The possible ties between Trump and Russia, explained

By Lauren Carroll • February 22, 2017

Russia and its influence on the presidential election

By Lauren Carroll • December 1, 2016