This study applied the concept of Internet memes and the background of the 2013 Hung Chung-Chiu case to examine the dynamics and circulation of fake news and rumors on social media and in traditional media. By applying big data analytics with R and Bayesian machine learning, this study examined the interactions and interplay of misinformation in multimedia convergence. Our findings, retrieved from 12,197 public pages and 90,062 news items, revealed that “partial rumors” are significantly more contagious than“pure rumors” in terms of replication, variation, and competition. Furthermore, compared with online news media, fake news circulates on social media more intensively and frequently.