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A 1930s Works Progress Administration poster depicts a man with WPA shovel attacking a wolf labeled 'rumor'.. A rumor (American English), or rumour (British English; see spelling differences; derived from Latin rumorem 'noise'), is "a tall tale of explanations of events circulating from person to person and pertaining to an object, event, or issue in public concern."
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Gomaneh: online Persian magazine devoted to the investigation of rumors and hearsay. [198] Factnameh: online Persian magazine launched in 2017 by the ASL19 organization. It mostly focuses on fact-checking quotes from Iranian governmental figures or rumours spread on social media. [199] [200]
To justify Vance's continued promotion of what he himself had described as "rumors" that might not be true, the candidate's staff on Tuesday gave the Journal "a police report in which a resident ...
The rumors are hurting the emergency response to the Helene disaster in Western North Carolina, she said. “1,000 unidentified bodies” at the Asheville hospital, the rumor claimed. “Buzzards ...
Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck had even told a Vance staffer directly on September 9 that the pet-eating rumors were not true when he called to verify, The Wall Street Journal reported last ...
Rumors (or rumours) are pieces of purportedly true information that circulate without substantiating evidence. rumors, or rumours may also refer to: Literature
The reporting of rumors has a limited encyclopedic value, although in some instances verifiable information about rumors may be appropriate (i.e. if the rumors themselves are noteworthy, regardless of whether or not they are true). Wikipedia is not the place for passing along gossip and rumors.