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"You could just spend 30 seconds researching and find plenty of sources to debunk these conspiracies, but that's not how people use the internet anymore."

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Civic experts are urging regular voters to help debunk misinformation about voting within their communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

WSJ: So it doesn’t matter if humans who want to debunk conspiracy theories are condescending?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

It’s important to debunk this genetic stuff as we now live in a genomic age in which science has been used to justify all sorts of atrocity.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

Many people use science to debunk religion, but Reverend Scheffler enlisted science to bolster his beliefs.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

AFP's global network has produced more than 500 debunks of false information in multiple languages since the conflict began -- a rate never before seen in such a crisis.

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

“The film itself debunks any attempts to debunk it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Bennett debunks the idea that "major equals happy, minor equals sad", adding that "minor keys are more a shorthand for emotional depth".

From BBC ● May 10, 2025

When journalists call her for quotes, Sandoval debunks stereotypes that have long followed lowriders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025

Although this debunks the previous assumptions about protoplanetary disks, it also confirms earlier images from the mid-2000s from NASA’s Hubble Telescope.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024

Similar posts debunked by AFP misrepresented a fire started by angry protesters in South Sulawesi province last year as a recent blaze at the parliament building.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

By his own account, Piker is now preparing a defamation suit against Jennings and Salem Media, and possibly Fox News, which cited the same debunked compilation.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

Over the years, Bullock and Randall debunked rumors about their engagement and marriage numerous times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

His absence sparked further speculation about his health, but the government has continually debunked reports that the head of state has been in hospital.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

This “rule” was popular for half a century, until leading grammarians debunked it.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

An American former newspaper columnist took to his Substack page to attempt a debunking, which offered a coherent if implausible theory of why Europe isn’t all that bad and America isn’t all that great.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

But I’m less interested in debunking this manufactured news moment — or collective act of wish-casting, or whatever it is — than in exploring why it has seized many people’s attention around the world.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026

Internet users are increasingly turning to chatbots to verify images in real time, but the tools often fail, raising questions about their visual debunking capabilities.

From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025

If a fact-checker rated a post as false, Meta notified the user and added a warning label with a link to an article debunking its claims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025

Its place in the canons of poetics and rhetoric, moreover, has largely survived the personal debunking of its author.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith