Table 1.
Fake news examples.
| Item | Actual fake/misinformation case | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | According to Greenpeace, a nongovernmental international environmental organization, “The whole climate crisis is not only Fake News, it's fake Science. There is no climate crisis, there's weather and climate all around the world, and in fact carbon dioxide is the main building block of all life.” | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/patrick-moore-climate-doubter/ |
| 2 | Wind energy is a problem because it kills eagles and other birds. According to some estimates, wind turbines kill more than 1 million birds in a year alone in the United States. | https://www.factcheck.org/2016/06/trumps-hot-air-on-wind-energy/ |
| 3 | Costco, a major retailer in the United States, has issued a recall for their Kirkland Signature brand of toilet paper. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/costco-bath-tissue-recall/ |
| 4 | A man was recently hospitalized after an Apple Airpod exploded in his ear. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/airpods-explode-hospital/ |
| 5 | Studies show that tattooed parents are more likely to abuse, neglect, and starve their children. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/studies-tattooed-parents/ |
| 6 | It has been proven that breathing hot air from a hair dryer could cure COVID-19. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hair-dryer-coronavirus/ |
| 7 | A woman in Indianapolis gave birth to 17 children at once. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mother-17-babies/ |
| 8 | A Connecticut man faked being deaf and dumb for 62 years to avoid listening to his wife. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-fake-being-deaf-dumb/ |
| 9 | The government of Japan announced that it was banning microwave ovens' use in the country by 2020. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/japan-ban-microwave-ovens/ |
| 10 | The Government has introduced a bill that would ban senior citizens from voting. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tara-mcclossoff/ |
| 11 | Netflix, a popular video streaming service, is offering users a free one-year subscription due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/netflix-scam/ |
| 12 | It has been reported that insect repellent companies hire a Ugandan man whose flatulence kills mosquitoes. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/farts-kill-mosquitoes-uganda/ |
| 13 | Pan Am Flight 914 that disappeared in 1955 with 57 passengers and six crew members after it took off from New York City landed in Miami yesterday after 37 years without incident. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flight-914-reappears-37-years/ |
| 14 | A new bill will require police officers to call their supervisors before drawing their weapons. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/police-weapons-supervisor-satire/ |
| 15 | A California couple has named newborn child an emoji “⍰⍰⍰” | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/california-newborn-named-emoji/ |
| 16 | A man got into five separate auto accidents shortly after receiving a woman's brain in a transplant. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/car-crash-brain-transplant/ |
| 17 | Tom Brady attributed his success as an NFL quarterback to the "witchcraft" of his wife, Gisele Bündchen. | https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tom-brady-witchcraft/ |