Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Caroline Wazer
Sept. 12, 2024
Wahlberg was allegedly set to star as a "morally conflicted snowplow driver" in a "cross between ...
Written by: Nikki Dobrin
Sept. 12, 2024
The alleged haircut bandit was purportedly arrested in February 2023.
Written by: Nick Hardinges
Sept. 11, 2024
A Facebook page made the claim before Harris' first television debate of the 2024 election campa ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 11, 2024
Critics of the vice president claimed she was being "coached" using the alleged technology.
Written by: Nick Hardinges
Sept. 11, 2024
The photo circulated online in the weeks before the 23rd anniversary of the deadly terrorist att ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 11, 2024
A rumor intended to both mislead and strike fear into American voters who depend on tips misrepr ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Sept. 11, 2024
"People can't go out and buy cereal or bacon or eggs or anything else," former U.S. President Do ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Sept. 11, 2024
In his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump also claimed he had received more votes t ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 11, 2024
New York City has changed drastically over the decades.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 10, 2024
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was detained by the police on the way to his team's NFL ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 10, 2024
One user who commented on the alleged post wrote, "One can lead by example."
Written by: Jack Izzo
Sept. 10, 2024
The incident supposedly happened after a day of election campaigning in Atlanta.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Sept. 10, 2024
"So help me, I triple-checked it," former U.S. President Bill Clinton said.
Written by: Nick Hardinges
Sept. 9, 2024
Physician Vanessa Kerry has served as the director-general special envoy for climate change and ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 9, 2024
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance and a constellation of right-wing influencers el ...
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Sept. 9, 2024 (Updated: Nov. 15, 2024)
"My own government has placed me on a secret terror watchlist," the former congresswoman claimed.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 9, 2024
An online article claimed the resort was leaving Florida "piece by piece" following its "battle" ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 9, 2024
"The whole earth will be converted into a huge brain," the iconoclastic thinker supposedly said ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Sept. 9, 2024
"Before I read it I thought it was angel wings," one Facebook user wrote.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 8, 2024
Some social media users claimed the mobster lobbied for the cause after his niece became ill aft ...
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