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debunk

[dih-buhngk] / dɪˈbʌŋk /


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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

It’s hard to debunk false claims “coming with the seal of the federal government,” said Derek Tisler, counsel and manager with the Brennan Center for Justice’s elections and government program.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026

The flood of AI-fabricated visuals -- mixed with authentic imagery from the Middle East -- continues to grow faster than professional fact-checkers can debunk them.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

An older school of historians and philosophers took this framework for granted, while a newer school has wanted to debunk or deconstruct the concepts rather than explain their significance and trace their origin.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

Liz O'Riordan, who herself has breast cancer, often debunks health misinformation online.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025

“The Colonel and the King” debunks some of the most stubborn myths about Parker, refuting the notion that Parker destroyed Elvis’ career by force-feeding awful material down his throat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

"The claim that working in partnership with Manchester City's owners has not been a good deal for the council or the city has been debunked repeatedly," the authority said.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

Every medium so studied has been debunked, if not in the sessions, then by materials, photos, or interviews after the fact.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

If every event is met with automatic suspicion and conspiracy theory, we’ll spend all our time debunking nonsense, and nothing will ever get better.

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026

Penn has partnered with media publishers including The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Washington Post on studies debunking the idea that having ads appear near news stories harms brands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

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

In the past he has spoken with Salon about everything from debunking UFO hoaxes to understanding Dyson spheres.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024

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




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