canard

He revived the canard about vaccines contributing to a rise in autism, despite the connection having been thoroughly refuted by years of clinical research.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

In another song about the absurd reasons why they have been deemed unfit for society, the girls drag out that old canard: “Sane in an insane world.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

They said that distinctive "canard fins", consistent with a PrSM, are visible in the footage.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

This year, let’s agree to dispel the canard that “summer reading” or “beach books” are something frivolous or less important than the serious literature celebrated in austere outlets like the London Review of Books.

From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024

Yes, yes--somebody has dished up a canard for you.

From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Conrad von Bolanden

Let’s examine some of the other common canards about gun violence and gun laws, and start thinking about how to move the needle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2022

In fact, she regards Darwin’s work as “impressive,” and makes no argument for a young Earth, the fixity of species or any of the other usual creationist canards.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 17, 2018

I’d rather see Facebook make mistakes in pursuit of a better one than cling to the old canards about algorithmic neutrality.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2018

This is one of the many canards pushed by the “hoaxers,” as they call themselves.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 22, 2016

Reports of fatal cases, however, invariably proved to be canards.

From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various