hoaxes

Keeping it Real: Historians in the Deepfake Era

by Abe Gibson

"Deepfake" videos threaten to undermine the integrity of primary sources, particularly for researchers and students of recent history. Historians need to be ready to question, verify, or push back against deceptive videos.

The Birth, and Life, of a Word

by Ralph Keyes

One of the most widely-used terms in discussions of American racism has its roots in a campaign by two pro-slavery writers to troll abolitionists through a fake tract promoting "miscegenation."

Does an 1866 Court Case Bar States from Enforcing Social-Distancing Regulations?

States may in fact use police powers to protect the health, safety, and welfare of persons within their borders.

Fact Check: NO Evidence Presidents Lincoln And Kennedy Were Assassinated For Trying To End Federal Reserve

There is no evidence that both Lincoln and Kennedy were assassinated because they wanted to destroy the Federal Reserve system (which also did not exist in Lincoln's day).   

I Taught my Students to Create Hoaxes in Public. Here’s Why

by Keith A. Erekson

The discipline of history has much to offer our present age of misinformation in terms of subject matter and analytical methods.