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List of miscellaneous fake news websites

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Name Domain Status Notes Sources
24online.news 24online.news Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1]
24usainfo.com 24usainfo.com [2][3][4]
24x365live.com 24x365live.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
365 US News 365usnews.com Per FactCheck.org. [5][6]
7 News Political 7newspolitical.site Per FactCheck.org. [7]
70 News 70news.wordpress.com A WordPress-hosted site that published a false news story, stating that Donald Trump had won the popular vote in the 2016 United States presidential election; the fake story rose to the top in searches for "final election results" on Google News. [8]

[9]

A Folha Brasil Spoof of Folha de S.Paulo. [10]
Afrikan-daily.com Afrikan-daily.com Spoof of the African Daily Voice. [11]
AfricaZilla africazilla.com Impostor site that plagiarizes CNBC stories. [12]
aldipest.com aldipest.com [2][3][4]
America Fans Americafans.com Per FactCheck.org. [5]
americanflare.com americanflare.com [2][3][4]
AmericanFlavor.news AmericanFlavor.news Per PolitiFact. [1]
AmericanPoliticNews.co AmericanPoliticNews.co Per PolitiFact. [1]
American Journal Review Americanjournalreview.com Per FactCheck.org. [5]
American News (Anews-24.com) Anews-24.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.

Published the same story as Daily Feed News.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

[5][1][13][14]
The American News Theamericanews.co Per FactCheck.org. [7]
American Pride Americanprides.com Per FactCheck.org. [5]
American Reviewer americanreviewer.com Falsely claimed that Donald Trump made an announcement as president on or around November 14, 2016, two months prior to inauguration. [15]
American Today americantoday.us Per PolitiFact

Falsely claimed that Barron Trump was hospitalized for pneumonia. Manipulated and misattributed celebrity quote.

[1][16][17]
americasnewest.com americasnewest.com [2][4]
ANews24.org ANews24.org Per PolitiFact. [1][18]
The Angry Patriot AngryPatriotMovement.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
Anonjekloy.tk Anonjekloy.tk Per PolitiFact. [1]
AntiNews.com AntiNews.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
Anti News Network unseen-pedia.com Spread false claims about government-incentivized microchipping. [19]
Are You Asleep areyouasleep.com [4]
ArmyUSANews.com ArmyUSANews.com Per PolitiFact.

Reposted story from the Last Line of Defense.

[1][20]
Astronomy-Physics.com Astronomy-Physics.com Falsely claimed that the Perseid meteor shower of 2017 would be "the brightest ... in recorded human history." [21][22]
Attitude.co.uk Attitude.co.uk Per PolitiFact. [1]
Aurora-News.us Aurora-News.us Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1]
theavocadonews.com theavocadonews.com [4]
Awareness Act AwarenessAct.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
baldwinpost.com baldwinpost.com [23]
Barracuda Brigade BB4SP.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
bbc.org.sa.com bbc.org.sa.com Spoof of BBC. [24]
Before It's News beforeitsnews.com Before It's News and InfoWars were described as "unabashedly unhinged 'news' sites" in 2014 by The Washington Post following its promotion of conspiracy theories relating to Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Owned by Chris Kitze, who is also on the executive board of the Epoch Times.

[25][26][27]
BenjaminFulford.typepad.com BenjaminFulford.typepad.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
BestThings.us BestThings.us Per PolitiFact.

Spread a fabricated celebrity quote that originated from a Facebook page.

[1][28]
betshort.com betshort.com [29]
Big Blue Vision bigbluevision.org [2][3][4]
Big Nugget News bignuggetnews.com [2][4]
Biohackinfo BioHackInfo.com Spread COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories. [30][31][32][33][34]
Bioreports.net bioreports.net Impostor site that plagiarizes CNBC stories. [12]
Bipartisan Report bipartisanreport.com Once describing itself at "the internet's largest newspaper", its content is written from a heavily liberal-biased perspective. It has been described as a clickbait and fake news website by Danny Westneat of The Seattle Times, and its articles have been debunked by PolitiFact and Snopes. [35][36][37][4][38][27]
bistonglobe.com bistonglobe.com Imitates The Boston Globe. [39][40]
BlackInsuranceNews.com BlackInsuranceNews.com Per PolitiFact.

Reposted article from satirical site FreeWoodPost.com, without satirical disclaimer.

[1][41]
BlingNews.com BlingNews.com Per FactCheck.org. [7]
Bloomberg.market Bloomberg.market Defunct Designed to imitate Bloomberg.com. Was used to issue a false report announcing that Twitter had received a US$31 billion takeover offer, resulting in a brief 8% stock price spike of Twitter. The site is now defunct. [42][43]
BlueLineStrong.net BlueLineStrong.net Per PolitiFact.

Repurposed an Associated Press article with a false headline.

[1][44]
Blue Vision Post Bluevisionpost.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. [5][1]
bollywoodmasaladay.xyz bollywoodmasaladay.xyz Published false quotes from celebrities. [45][46]
borntoberight.com borntoberight.com Falsely claimed that Kathy Griffin was jailed in 2017. [47]
BreakingNewsBlast.com BreakingNewsBlast.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
thebreakingnews.today thebreakingnews.today Has the same IP address as conservativedaily.info [48]
Breaking Top Breakingtop.world Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. [5][1]
Brexit Betrayal News Registered in the United States. Posted stories about QAnon. [49]
Buffalo Chronicle buffalochronicle.com An American fake news website that has promoted fake stories related to Canadian politics. [50][51]
But Thats None Of My Business butthatsnoneofmybusiness.com Described by Snopes and Lead Stories as "hoax" sites. [4][52][53][54]
BuzzBeed buzzbeed.com Not to be confused with BuzzFeed.

Part of a network created by far-right activists in France.

[55][56][57]
Cairns News (Australia) cairnsnews.org Anti-vaccine website that falsely claimed that two young girls died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination on the Gold Coast, Australia.[58] [59]
CannaSOS CannaSOS.com Per PolitiFact. [1][60]
CelebSaga celebsaga.com Reposted a false story from Conservative Beaver. [61]
chicagotribunesnews.com chicagotribunesnews.com Imitates the Chicago Tribune. [39][40]
choiceandtruth.com choiceandtruth.com [2][3][4]
ChristianTimesNewspaper.com ChristianTimesNewspaper.com Impostor site for Christian Times. Falsely claimed voter fraud on behalf of Hillary Clinton.

Owned by an aide to David E. Vogt III, whom was let go upon disclosure of the ownership by The New York Times.

[1][62][63][64]
ChristianToday.info ChristianToday.info Per PolitiFact. [1]
chuckcallesto.blogspot.com chuckcallesto.blogspot.com [2][3][4]
Clear Politics clear-politics.com Per FactCheck.org. [5]
clubsocial-ny.com clubsocial-ny.com Has the same IP address as conservativedaily.info [48]
CNewsGo.com CNewsGo.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
CNN-Business-News.ga CNN-Business-News.ga Impostor site of CNN [1]
CNNews3.com CNNews3.com Impostor site of CNN. Ran false story about HIV infection from bananas. [1]
COED coed.com Falsely claimed a Black Lives Matter protest at Dartmouth College in 2015 turned violent. [65]
CoffeeBreakForYou.com CoffeeBreakForYou.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
Consciously Enlightened consciouslyenlightened.com [2][3][4]
Conservative7.com Conservative7.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
conservativedaily.info conservativedaily.info [48]
conservativefighter.com conservativefighter.com Spread false story about Trump removing a federal judge. [21]
conservativeinsider.co conservativeinsider.co [2][4]
theconservativeonline.info theconservativeonline.info Has the same Google AdSense account as conservativedaily.info [48]
conservativeonline.net conservativeonline.net Has the same Google AdSense account as conservativedaily.info [48]
ConservativeSpirit.com ConservativeSpirit.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
conservativestudio.com conservativestudio.com [2][4]
ConservativeView.info ConservativeView.info Per PolitiFact. [1]
Conservative Angle Conservativeangle.com Per FactCheck.org. [7]
Conservative Nation Consnation.com Per FactCheck.org.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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Conservative Post Conservativepost.com Per FactCheck.org. [7]
The Conservative Treehouse Theconservativetreehouse.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. In 2020, it promoted a conspiracy theory that Buffalo police shoving incident victim Martin Gugino was a member of Antifa, which was tweeted out by then-U.S. president Donald Trump. [7][1][67]
Consinfo consinfo.us Per FactCheck.org.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

[5][6]
cooltobeconservative.com cooltobeconservative.com [2][4]
cosonline.cn cosonline.cn Impostor site, per DomainTools. [39][40]
Cyceon Cyceon.com Spread false claim about Emmanuel Macron's tax policy proposal during the 2017 French Presidential Election. [55]
Daily Feed News dailyfeed.news Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

[5][1][68]
dailynews3.com dailynews3.com [23]
dailynews33.com dailynews33.com [23]
Daily Occupation dailyoccupation.com [2][4]
The Daily Presser dailypresser.com Reposted false story from Your News Wire about Clinton body count conspiracy theory. [2][3][4][69][70]
DailyThings.world DailyThings.world Per PolitiFact. [1]
Daily Insider News Dailyinsidernews.com Per FactCheck.org.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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DamnLeaks.com DamnLeaks.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
DefenseUsa.club DefenseUsa.club Per PolitiFact. [1]
DemocraticMoms.com DemocraticMoms.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from Politicalo.com.

[1][71]
DemocraticUnderground.com democraticmnderground.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
DepartedMedia.com departedmedia.com Per PolitiFact.

Published false stories with fabricated images.

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Diário do Brasil diariodobrasil.org Imposter news portal site in Brazil. [74][75]
DisabledVeterans.org disabledveterans.org Spread misinformation about vaccines and COVID-19. [30][76]
Disclose.tv disclose.tv A German disinformation outlet that started out as a UFO conspiracy forum before rebranding as a news aggregator in 2021. It pushes far-right content, anti-vaccine narratives and conspiracy theories, and platforms hate speech, including Holocaust denial and neo-Nazism, on its message groups. [77][27][78][79][80][81]
DIYHours.net DIYHours.net Per PolitiFact. [1]
donaldtrumpdaily.info donaldtrumpdaily.info Has the same Google AdSense account as conservativedaily.info [48]
donaldtrumpliedto.us donaldtrumpliedto.us [82]
DonaldTrumpPOTUS45.com DonaldTrumpPOTUS45.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
Embols embols.com [2][4]
Empire Herald empireherald.com Starting in January 2016, this fake news site had spread many of its hoaxes online in just a few weeks.

Cited story from World News Daily Report.

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ENH ENHLive.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied false story from the Boston Tribune.

[1][88][89]
enVolve En-volve.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. [5][1]
Every News Here everynewshere.com [2][4][90]
Evie Magazine eviemagazine.com Active Described by Futurism as "an alt-right women's lifestyle publication" that posts "a range of bizarre and often harmful content including vaccine misinformation, a bevy of wildly unscientific assertions about women's health, anti-trans fearmongering, unsupported 'psyop' conspiracies, and pro-life messaging that often includes false claims about safe and effective abortion drugs."[91] Noted by VICE to spread COVID-19 misinformation and the QAnon conspiracy theory. Started a company to produce a femtech app, 28, which collects menstrual cycle data and is funded by Thiel Capital, Learn Capital, Steel Perlot, and other angel investors. Cited by the Washington Post as an example of "prominent conservative commentators ... sowing misinformation as a way to discourage the use of birth control."[92] [91][93][94][95][96][92]
The Exposé expose-news.com British conspiracist website known for publishing COVID-19 and anti-vaccine misinformation. One of its articles was cited by Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro in a speech falsely claiming that people vaccinated against COVID-19 were developing AIDS.

Copied a false story from The People's Voice.

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The Exposé dailyexpose.uk URL variation. [102]
FactRider.com FactRider.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
Famous Viral Stories famousviralstories.com [4]
FanMagazine.it FanMagazine.it Spread false claims about cures for COVID-19. [30][103]
fanzinger.com fanzinger.com [2][4]
The Federalist Nation Federalistnation.com Per FactCheck.org.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

[5][104]
The Federalist Tribune federalisttribune.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. [5][1]
Fellowship of the Minds Fellowshipoftheminds.com Per FactCheck.org. [7][105]
Firstpost FirstPost.com Per PolitiFact.

Includes "a 'Faking News' section full of intentionally bogus content 'to attract your attention.'"

[1][106]
Flash News Corner Flashnewscorner.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. [5][1][107]
Flopping Aces floppingaces.net Involved in the Jamil Hussein controversy. [29][108][109]
FocusNews.info FocusNews.info Per PolitiFact. [1][110]
ForFreedomWorld.com ForFreedomWorld.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

[1][111]
FR24News.com fr24news.com Impostor site that plagiarizes CNBC stories. [12]
freddymag.com freddymag.com Fabricated story about Kendrick Lamar. [112][113][114]
FreedomsFinalStand.com FreedomsFinalStand.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

[1][115]
FreeInfoMedia.com FreeInfoMedia.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

[1][116]
Free Republic FreeRepublic.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
friendsofsyria.wordpress.com friendsofsyria.wordpress.com [2][3][4]
The Gateway Pundit thegatewaypundit.com A far-right fake news website that repeatedly publishes false stories, including a story involving an unsubstantiated claim that Special Counsel head Robert Mueller sexually assaulted someone. [117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125]
GiveMeLiberty01.com GiveMeLiberty01.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
Globalresearch.ca Globalresearch.ca Principal website of the Centre for Research on Globalization, which The Economist in April 2017 called "a hub for conspiracy theories and fake stories," and NATO information warfare specialists in November 2017 linked to a concerted effort to undermine the credibility of mainstream Western media. [126][127]
The-Global-News.com The-Global-News.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
good-kingnews.com good-kingnews.com Plagiarized article by the Los Angeles Times. [128][129]
GOP The Daily Dose GOPTheDailyDose.com Posted anti-Muslim stories and celebrity quotes taken out of context. [130][65]
Gossip Mill Mzansi gossipmillsa.com A fake news website using Wordpress, targeting South African affairs. Its misinformation is spread on social media including Facebook and Twitter. [131][132][133]
The Grayzone thegrayzone.com Owned by Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone is known for its sympathetic views towards contemporary authoritarian regimes such as Venezuela, Russia and China, as well as conspiracy theories such as and disinformation distributed by the Russian government. [134][135][136][137]
GreatGameIndia Magazine GreatGameIndia.com Spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. [138][139][30]
Greenville Gazette greenvillegazette.com [2][3][4][140][141]
Gummy Post gummypost.com Fake news website that has published claims about President Obama issuing a full pardon for convicted rapper C-Murder, musician Kodak Black getting shot outside a nightclub in Florida, and a Hulk Hogan death hoax. [142][143][144]
Hal Turner Show halturnershow.com Operated by Hal Turner, who is described as an extremist and white supremacist by the Southern Poverty Law Center. [2][3][4][145]
HealthyCareAndBeauty.com HealthyCareAndBeauty.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
Healthy Living Thread healthylivingthread.com Falsely claimed that nearly 70% of olive oil brands in the USA had canola oil or sunflower oil. [47]
HeightPost.com HeightPost.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
Higher Perspectives HigherPerspectives.com Per PolitiFact. [1][146]
hoggwatch.us hoggwatch.us [82]
The Honey Pot Times thetrojanhoneypot.wordpress.com Impostor site set up by fact-checker to catch business2community.com plagiarizing their work. [147]
I Have The Truth ihavethetruth.com Published false story claiming that a student carrying a concealed weapon helped stop a knife attack at the University of Texas Austin in 2017. [2][3][4][148]
IdeaSpots.com IdeaSpots.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
Igor's Newsletter igor-chudov.com Published anti-vaccine misinformation. [149]
iMzansi imzansi.com Fake news website in South Africa, per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [133][150]
Independent Minute IndependentMinute.com Per PolitiFact. [1][151]
IndiaTimes.com IndiaTimes.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
instanthelp24.icu instanthelp24.icu Published hoax on missing child. Flagged by Google as potential phishing site. [152]
InterestingDailyNews.com InterestingDailyNews.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
The International Reporter theinternationalreporter.org [2][3][4]
TheInternetPost.net TheInternetPost.net Per PolitiFact. [1]
In Trend Today intrendtoday.com [2][3][4]
IsThatLegit.com IsThatLegit.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied false story from BostonLeader.com with out-of-context imagery.

[1][153][154]
Jews News jewsnews.co.il Per PolitiFact.

Reposted a false story from FrontPage Magazine.

[1][155]
Judicial Watch judicialwatch.org Conservative activist group known for making false and unsubstantiated claims and filing lawsuits to investigate claimed misconduct, the vast majority of which have been dismissed by courts.[156] [4][27][125][77]
kata33.com kata33.com [23]
KBC14.com KBC14.com Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1]
ΚΒΟΙ2.com ΚΒΟΙ2.com Notable for its use of the IDN homograph attack, this fake news site used lookalike letters from other scripts (news coverage of the spoof did not specify which, though the examples listed demonstrate Greek and Cyrillic examples) to spoof the legitimate television station KBOI-TV's website in 2011. (The real KBOI site has since moved to a new domain, IdahoNews.com.) The sole purpose of the fake KBOI site was to spread an April Fool's Day joke regarding Justin Bieber being banned in the state. [157][158]
KCST7.com KCST7.com Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1]
KF13.com KF13.com Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1]
klponews.com klponews.com [23]
Konkonsagh.biz Konkonsagh.biz Per PolitiFact. [1]
KRB7.com KRB7.com Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1]
krbcnews.com krbcnews.com [23]
krebsonsecurity.org krebsonsecurity.org Imitates Krebs on Security. [39][40]
KTY24news.com KTY24news.com Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1]
LadyLibertysNews.com LadyLibertysNews.com Per PolitiFact. [1][159]
landrypost.com landrypost.com [23]
lanuevaprensa.net lanuevaprensa.net Spoof of La Nueva Prensa, a news website in Colombia. [160]
LastDeplorables.com LastDeplorables.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

[1][161]
Law Enforcement Today lawenforcementtoday.com Published fake news about police relations amid the George Floyd protests and source of Oregon fires, as well as material by QAnon supporters.[162] [163][164][165]
Lead Patriot leadpatriot.com [29]
LearnProgress.org LearnProgress.org Per PolitiFact. [1][166][167]
LiberalPlug.com LiberalPlug.com Per PolitiFact.

Fabricated a quote from a fictitious politician in the United States House of Representatives.

[1][168]
Liberty-Courier.com Liberty-Courier.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

[1][66]
Liberty Writers News LibertyWritersNews.com Established in 2015 by Paris Wade and Ben Goldman, who told The Washington Post their stories focus on "violence and chaos and aggressive wording" to attract readers. The stories reflect the positions of supporters of Donald Trump.

A 2018 report by Buzzfeed News linked Wade and Goldman to a Macedonian media attorney who operated numerous "fake news" websites during the six month lead-up to the 2016 Presidential Election. As of 2018, the governments of the United States and "at least two Western European countries" were investigating a possible connection between the Macedonian fake news sites and the Internet Research Agency, as an IRA employee was known to visit North Macedonia in 2015.[169]

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The Light thelightpaper.co.uk Published misleading COVID vaccination claims. [172]
LinkBeef linkbeef.com Fake news website that has published claims about the pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 reappearing, a billionaire wanting to recruit 1,000 women to bear his children, and an Adam Sandler death hoax. [173][174][175]
LiveMonitor livemonitor.co.za Fake news website in South Africa, per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [133]
lockerdome.com lockerdome.com Falsely claimed that Donald Trump made an announcement as president on or around November 14, 2016, two months prior to inauguration. [15]
London Web News londonwebnews.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. [5][1][176]
losdanieles.net losdanieles.net Spoof of Los Danieles. Same owner as lanuevaprensa.net. [160]
MadWorldNews.com MadWorldNews.com Per PolitiFact. [1][177][178]
Maine Republic Email Alert Mainerepublicemailalert.com Per FactCheck.org.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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Major Thoughts MajorThoughts.com Per PolitiFact. [1][180][181]
mangozhc.cc mangozhc.cc Posted same story as WhatRegistrater.com. [182]
MBGA News MBGAnews.com Brexit-related site that redirects to the Red Pill Factory, which was registered in the USA. [49]
MediaMaxZone.com MediaMaxZone.com Per PolitiFact. [1][183]
mediazone.news mediazone.news [2][3][4]
Mentor2day.com Mentor2day.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
MetropolitanWorlds.com MetropolitanWorlds.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
MMinfo24.com MMinfo24.com Per FactCheck.org. [7]
TheMoralOfTheStory.us TheMoralOfTheStory.us Per PolitiFact. [1]
Morning Herald morning-herald.com Per FactCheck.org [5]
MSFanPage msfanpage.link [2][3][4]
MSMBC.co MSMBC.co Spoof of MSNBC. Falsely claimed that Steve Burns died in a car accident. [184][185]
msnbc.website msnbc.website Spoof of MSNBC. [112][23]
MV-media (formerly MV-lehti) mvlehti.org A Finnish fake news website that publishes disinformation, pseudoscience, conspiracy theories and Russian state propaganda. The publication has links to the far-right Soldiers of Odin. [186][187][188][189]
Mzansi LIVE mzansilive.co.za Fake news website in South Africa, per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [133][190]
Mzansi Stories mzansistories.com Fake news website in South Africa, per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [133]
Naha Daily nahadaily.com Defunct This fake news website is now defunct, and was active in a span of five months with fake news articles, including a fake quote by Michael Kors. [83]
Nation.com.pk Nation.com.pk Per PolitiFact. [1]
National Insider Politics nationalinsiderpolitics.com [15][191]
TheNationalMarijuanaNews.com TheNationalMarijuanaNews.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
NativeAmericans.us NativeAmericans.us Per PolitiFact. [1]
nbcpoll.co nbcpoll.co Falsely claimed that Donald Trump made an announcement as president on or around November 14, 2016, two months prior to inauguration. [15]
Nephef.com Nephef.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
TheNet24h.com TheNet24h.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
Nevo News nevo.news Described by Snopes as a "clickbait web site". Accused by the ADL of inciting violence against Barack Obama. [2][3][4][192][193]
news14kgpn.com news14kgpn.com [23]
news14now.com news14now.com [23]
NewsBreakHere.com NewsBreakHere.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
NewsBreakingsPipe.com NewsBreakingsPipe.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
NewsBySquad.com NewsBySquad.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
NewsConservative.com NewsConservative.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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newsdag.com newsdag.com Impostor site, per DomainTools [39][40]
newsdaily10.com newsdaily10.com [23]
NewsForMeToday.com NewsForMeToday.com Per PolitiFact.

Republished a hoax about worldwide blackout.

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NewsJustForYou1.blogspot.com NewsJustForYou1.blogspot.com Per PolitiFact. [1][196]
newsmagazinehouse.co.uk newsmagazinehouse.co.uk [29]
newsnow17.com newsnow17.com [23]
NewsOfTrump.com NewsOfTrump.com Per PolitiFact. [1][197]
NewsUpToday.com NewsUpToday.com Per PolitiFact. [1][198]
newshubs.info newshubs.info [112]
NewsWatch28 newswatch28.com Previous alias for NewsWatch33. [199]
NewsWatch33 newswatch33.com Began in April 2015 under the name NewsWatch28, later becoming NewsWatch33. The website disguises itself as a local television outlet. It has also been known to mix real news along with its fake news in an attempt to circumvent Facebook's crackdown on them.

Republished a hoax about worldwide blackout.

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NewzMagazine.com NewzMagazine.com Per PolitiFact.

Part of an online scam network.

[1][201]
NY Evening News Nyeveningnews.com Per FactCheck.org. [7][202]
New York Times Post nytimespost.com Impostor site that plagiarizes CNBC stories. [12]
NNettle.com NNettle.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
now77news.com now77news.com Spread false claim about Charles Manson being granted parole in 2017. [203]
NYC Post nycpost.pro Impostor site of The New York Post. [204][29]
nydaiylnews.com nydaiylnews.com Imitates The New York Daily News. [39][40]
nymeta.co nymeta.co Per BuzzFeed News and the Associated Press. [112][205][206]
nytimesofficial.com nytimesofficial.com Impostor site of The New York Times. [39][40]
ObserverOnline.news ObserverOnline.news Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1]
ourthoughtsnprayers.com ourthoughtsnprayers.com [82]
Palmer Report palmerreport.com Hyperpartisan liberal political blog known for publishing unsubstantiated or false claims and conspiracy theories, especially on matters relating to Donald Trump and Russia [4][38][27][78]
Patriot Crier PatriotCrier.com Per PolitiFact. [1][207][208]
Patriot Hangout Patriothangout.com Per FactCheck.org.

Copied article from The Rightists, a satire site.

[5][209]
PatriotUSA.website PatriotUSA.website Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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patriotsontheright.com patriotsontheright.com Falsely claimed that Kathy Griffin was jailed in 2017. [47]
Political Mayhem News PoliticalMayhem.news Per PolitiFact. [1]
The Political Tribune Thepoliticaltribune.com Per FactCheck.org.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

[5][66]
PoliticsPaper.com PoliticsPaper.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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Power Daily Powerdaily.us Per FactCheck.org. [5][217]
President 45 Donald Trump President45donaldtrump.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. [5][1][218]
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Prntly prntly.com A politically conservative news site described by Snopes as "a disreputable outlet that has a penchant for publishing both fake news and spurious pro-Trump articles".

Copied story from Now 8 News.

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ProudLeader.com ProudLeader.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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Puppet String News Puppetstringnews.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. [7][1][224][225]
RAIR Foundation USA rairfoundation.com Spread anti-vaccine misinformation. [226][227]
therealconservative.info therealconservative.info Has the same IP address as conservativedaily.info [48]
RealTrueNews RealTrueNews.org Created as a hoax that the author believed would teach his alt-right friends about reader gullibility. [228][229]
RearFront.com RearFront.com Per PolitiFact. [1][230]
Red Pill Factory RedPillFactory.uk Published false/partisan claims related to immigration, the yellow vest movement and Brexit. [49]
RedRockTribune.com RedRockTribune.com Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1]
Red State Watcher RedStateWatcher.com A right-leaning news aggregator, the Washington Post supported the claim that the website's associated Facebook page may have had more user interactions than that of Donald Trump's personal Facebook page as of July 2016.

Spread false claims against Hillary Clinton during the 2016 US Presidential election, COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and the Pizzagate conspiracy theory. Posted an out-of-context video about Donald Trump and Sadiq Khan. Accused by the ADL of inciting violence against Barack Obama.

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ReflectionofMind.org ReflectionofMind.org Per PolitiFact.

Republished a hoax about worldwide blackout.

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ref-was-adv.sopq-net-q8.xyz ref-was-adv.sopq-net-q8.xyz A site impersonating a Saudi news website [236][237]
ReligionMind.com ReligionMind.com Per PolitiFact.

Published a false story with an out-of-context image and a fabricated attribution to Human Rights Watch.

Copied a story from World News Daily Report.

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The Reporterz thereporterz.com Starting in early 2016, this fake news website penned several different hoaxes, including one about a murder over a Twitter trend. [83]
Revolutions2040.com Revolutions2040.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
rickwells.us rickwells.us [2][3][4][90][241]
rightforever.com rightforever.com Falsely claimed that Donald Trump made an announcement as president on or around November 14, 2016, two months prior to inauguration. [15]
Rile News rilenews.com [112]
Rogue-Nation3.com Rogue-Nation3.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
TheRooster.com TheRooster.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
RumorJournal.com RumorJournal.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied article from The Rightists, a satire site.

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Santa Monica Observer smobserved.com Published false claims about Paul Pelosi in the aftermath of him being attacked in October 2022. [245][246]
saynotopot.us saynotopot.us [82]
Slay News slaynews.com This website has published claims such as that the World Economic Forum wants to use artificial intelligence to write a new bible.

Copied a false story from The People's Voice.

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Smag31.com Smag31.com Per PolitiFact. [1][249][250]
TheSmokersClub.com TheSmokersClub.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
Snoopack Snoopack.com Published a false story with an out-of-context image.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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snopesisridiculo.us snopesisridiculo.us [82]
SocialEverythings.com SocialEverythings.com Per PolitiFact. [1]
The Solexchange TheSolExchange.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied a false story from CannaSOS.

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South Africa Latest News southafricalatestnews.co.za Fake news website in South Africa, per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [133]
South Africa Uncut southafricauncut.com Per Africa Check and News24. [255][256]
SouthernConservativeExtra.com SouthernConservativeExtra.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied an article from truetrumpers.com, a fake news site based in North Macedonia.

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sozcu.today sozcu.today Spoof of Sözcü. [258]
Special News USA SpecialNewsUSA.com Per FactCheck.org. [7]
Spinzon spinzon.com [259][260]
statenation.co statenation.co [2][3][4]
Stillness In The Storm StillnessInTheStorm.com Per PolitiFact. [1][261]
Super Station 95 SuperStation95.com Pirate radio station and corresponding website operated by Hal Turner, who is described as an extremist and white supremacist by the Southern Poverty Law Center. [262][263][264][265][266][267][145]
Supreme Patriot SupremePatriot.com Per PolitiFact. [1][18]
TD Newswire tdnewswire.com [2][3][4]
TDT Alliance TDTAlliance.com Per PolitiFact.

Impostor site of Fox News. Fabricated a story with quotes from fictitious persons.

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TeaParty.org (1776 Tea Party) TeaParty.org Per PolitiFact.

Published false story about Nancy Pelosi.

Published stories from WorldNetDaily.

Its founder, Dale Robertson, attended a Tea Party protest carrying a sign with a racial slur.

Associated with the Minuteman Project.

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Teddy Stick teddystick.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.

Sourced a false claim from /r/The_Donald.

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TEOinfo.com TEOinfo.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied article from The People's Cube.

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The-Insider.co The-Insider.co Per PolitiFact. [1]
The Big Riddle TheBigRiddle.com Per PolitiFact. [1][278]
The Free Thought Project thefreethoughtproject.com [279][280][231]
The Jim Bakker Show jimbakkershow.com Spread false claims about cures for COVID-19. [30]
The Premium News ThePremiumNews.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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Third Estate News Group ThirdEstateNewsGroup.com Per PolitiFact.

Copied story from Your News Wire.

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Times.com.mx Times.com.mx Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1]
TopInfoPost.com TopInfoPost.con Per PolitiFact. [1]
topsecretleaks.com topsecretleaks.com Falsely claimed that President Trump shutdown jihadi training camps in New York state. [47]
toutelinfo.fr toutelinfo.fr [82]
Tribune Times Today tribunetimestoday.com Impostor site setup by journalist to illustrate point about scammers monetizing impostor news sites via ad revenue. [12]
TrueAmericans.me TrueAmericans.me Per PolitiFact.

Republished a hoax about Barack Obama on a $1 bill, a false claim that had been circulating since 2012.

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True Pundit truepundit.com A far-right and fake news website known for publishing conspiracy theories that often credited false stories about the FBI and Hillary Clinton to anonymous sources and claimed the mainstream media was covering it up. [283][284][285][286][287][288][289]
trumpfailedthe.us trumpfailedthe.us [82]
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trumphasscrewed.us trumphasscrewed.us [82]
trumplet.us trumplet.us [82]
TheTrumpMedia.com TheTrumpMedia.com Per PolitiFact. [1][290]
The Trumppers thetrumppers.com Per FactCheck.org.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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The Truth Is Where thetruthiswhere.wordpress.com Repeats a false claim from the Conservative Beaver. [292]
UConservative uconservative.net [293][294][6]
The Unhived Mind theunhivedmind.com The Unhived Mind is a far-right fake news website that has frequently been shared on the alt-tech social network Gab. [295]
univverse.org univverse.org Spread false claim about NASA's Kepler telescope detecting a structure built by extraterrestrials. [203]
Urban Image Magazine UrbanImageMagazine.com Per PolitiFact.

Cited story from World News Daily Report.

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usatodaypolitics.com usatodaypolitics.com Reposted false story from Christian Times Newspaper. [2][3][4][296]
The USA Conservative theusaconservative.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. The same as Usa-conservative.com. [5][1][6]
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usanetwork.info usanetwork.info Imitates USA Network.

Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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USA News Hub theusanewshub.com Impostor site that plagiarizes CNBC stories. [12]
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US Advisor USHealthyAdvisor.com Per PolitiFact.

Manipulated and misattributed celebrity quote.

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USSA News Ussanews.com Per FactCheck.org.

Published false information about COVID-19 vaccinations. Fabricated a letter from the British Ministry of Defense. Promotes QAnon and Holocaust denial conspiracy theories. Shared by Paul Gosar in his newsletter in 2023.

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Vessel News vesselnews.io [2][3][4]
Veterans For Donald Trump VeteransForDonaldTrump.com Per PolitiFact.

Published a false claim with a Photoshopped image as evidence. Its Facebook page was hijacked by a businessman based in North Macedonia in 2019. The original owner had worked with Liberty Writers News and USApoliticstoday.com, one of the original sites in the network of Macedonian fake news sites. One of the co-founders was arrested for carrying weapons during a vote tally during the 2020 US presidential election, and had met with the Proud Boys prior to the January 6th attacks.

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Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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The Washington Press TheWashingtonPress.com Impostor site, per PolitiFact.

Cites an article by Freedom Daily.

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Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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WestfieldPost.com WestfieldPost.com Impostor site, per PolitiFact [1]
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WhatDoesItMean.com WhatDoesItMean.com Per PolitiFact.

According to Snopes, the site "actively advanced many invented Clinton conspiracy theories in mid-2016." Cited several times by Fars News Agency.

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whatsupic.com whatsupic.com [2][3][4]
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Accused of using article spinning.

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Copied story from The Last Line of Defense.

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WorldTruth.tv WorldTruth.tv Per PolitiFact.

Spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.

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