Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Jan. 20, 2025
An image purporting to show a Trump post praising the drawing was a digital forgery.
Written by: Joey Esposito
Jan. 20, 2025
The widespread internet rumor has been frightening readers since the late '90s.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 20, 2025
The U.S. president made many promises ahead of his January 2025 inauguration.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 20, 2025 (Updated: Jan. 21, 2025)
Online users discussed a rumor about the Meta CEO in the days after he announced the end of the ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Jan. 20, 2025
The claim that Greenland's prime minister, Múte Bourup Egede, made a cheeky post on social media ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Jan. 19, 2025
Some social media posts attribute the alleged phenomenon to women's brains supposedly working fa ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 19, 2025
The French president met his wife at age 15 when she was his drama teacher.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Jan. 19, 2025 (Updated: Jan. 30, 2025)
The clipping appears to have come from a column called, "You Said It ..." in the now-defunct New ...
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Jan. 18, 2025
Social media users have attributed the quote to the former president for years.
Written by: Joey Esposito
Jan. 18, 2025
The vice president-elect wrote about his future running mate in a 2016 op-ed in The New York Times.
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Jan. 18, 2025
"The only president to ever avoid an inauguration was the guy that's about to be inaugurated," B ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Jan. 17, 2025
On his first day in office, Carter issued an executive order pardoning more than 200,000 men who ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Jan. 17, 2025
And this has been true since at least 1929.
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Jan. 17, 2025
The rumor originated as an adaptation of a fictional story about Shaquille O'Neal.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Jan. 17, 2025
The list contains "adverse events" reported to Pfizer, which are not the same as side effects.
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Jan. 16, 2025
Canada's 2023 wildfire season was the worst in the country's history, with South Africa being on ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 16, 2025
Online users shared the fake image after learning the country music star would sing at U.S. Pres ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 16, 2025
The outgoing U.S. president quoted Dwight D. Eisenhower in his Jan. 15, 2025, farewell address t ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 16, 2025
The image quickly became a "beacon of hope" for some in the wake of Los Angeles' deadly January ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Jan. 16, 2025
A team spokesperson said the team was "still discussing our support efforts."
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