This collection is based on a "seed" list of URLs from a Google Doc about "False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and/or Satirical “News” Sources" published on November 18th, 2016, by Melissa Zimdars, an assistant professor of communication and media at Merrimack College.
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The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20180220025744/https://www.spin.com/
Janelle Monáe has just announced an upcoming new album called Dirty Computer. It has been a fairly long musical hiatus for Monáe: Her last solo album, The Electric Lady, came out in 2013, with a Wondaland Records collaborative EP, Wondaland Presents THE EEPHUS, coming in 2015 (featuring the Monáe single "Yoga" with labelmate Jidenna). Today, Monáe posted a cinematic trailer for an associated Dirty...
Marilyn Manson cut short last night's concert at the Paramount in Huntington, New York after displaying "bizarre" onstage behavior, including a rambling freestyle jam and repeated demands for applause, according to multiple reports. Fan-shot videos show the 49-year-old shock rocker with his back to the crowd, delivered a half-mumbled, half-sung monologue as his band plays an aimless extended...
Drake is racking up good karma points in his latest music video for the Scary Hours track "God's Plan." "The budget for this video was $996,631.90," a caption reads at the video's start. "We gave it all away. Don’t tell the label." The budget went to paying for everyone's groceries in a Miami supermarket, surprising a U of Miami student with a $50k scholarship, taking three strangers on a Saks...
In a defining moment for Hollywood, Disney and Marvel Studios' Black Panther exploded at the Presidents' Day box office, bounding to a record-shattering estimate of $201.8 million…
Hot off the release of his soundtrack for the Paul Thomas Anderson film Phantom Thread, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has announced that he'll be releasing…
Last week, Tinashe released a new song — the Future-featuring "Faded Love" — in what will hopefully actually be the rollout to her much-delayed sophomore…
It looks like Robyn's much-anticipated new album could be coming soon. When asked by a restless fan on Twitter recently about the album's release, the…
Real Estate postponed their fall tour just a week before former band member Matt Mondanile’s sexual misconduct allegations surfaced, but the New Jersey group picked back up on the…
Melvins are back with a new song from their forthcoming album Pinkus Abortion Technician out this spring. Titled "Stop Moving To Florida," the song is…
Iconic guitar company Gibson might be facing bankruptcy. According to reports from the Nashville Post and Dayton Daily News, the guitar-makers recently saw the departure…
Baltimore's Turnstile have been on the slow ascent from word-of-mouth mainstays to torchbearers for 2010's hardcore for some time now. The last few years have…
The Kendrick Lamar-curated Black Panther soundtrack has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, according to Billboard. The album, which features music from…
After leading Team Clippers to victory at the the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Friday, Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler surprised fans with an impromptu…
Longtime Bon Iver manager Kyle Frenette is planning to run for Congress. As The Wausau Daily Herald reports, Frenette intends to run for the Democratic…
Last night, Kanye West surprised the audience at Adidas' NBA All-Star Weekend event in Los Angeles. West introduced Kid Cudi and the two performed their…