Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 5, 2023
Popular posts on X showed several purported breaking news items with links to articles on Fortun ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 5, 2023
Stranger things have happened.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 4, 2023
A reposted anti-vaccine article raised anew the spectre of Vaccine Acquired Immunodeficiency Syn ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Oct. 4, 2023
"There's a little bit of city in that trash," a Reddit user wrote.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 4, 2023
The chairman of the World Economic Forum has been the subject of many conspiracy theories.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 3, 2023
"You stole my heart, you intercepted it," the song began.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 5, 2018
An excerpt purportedly from the book "Fire and Fury" convinced more than a few readers that the ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 3, 2023
A post on X claimed to show footage of the in-production film supposedly featuring Swift's chara ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 3, 2023 (Updated: Oct. 19, 2023)
"The FBI agents say, 'You haven't done anything wrong yet, we just want to talk.' Is this a form ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Oct. 3, 2023
"It's not a study. It's a cherry-picked deceptive graph by a random anti-vax twitter account," o ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 3, 2023
The tech giants have had a contentious relationship.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Oct. 3, 2023
Upon hearing this report, many social media users commented that it was about time such a policy ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 2, 2023
FEMA will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alert s ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 2, 2023
"My goodness. I have something for you that is simultaneously amazing, but frankly a little dist ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 2, 2023
"Joe Rogan's no-filter approach has always made for compelling content, and this time was no dif ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 2, 2023
Butler has been active in Democratic party politics for many years.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 2, 2023
A video was shared on X that supposedly shows the senator saying, "People call me 'Lady G' just ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Oct. 2, 2023
Apparently, some social media users believe Mark Zuckerberg is a lizard.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Oct. 2, 2023
A video was posted after news broke that Duane “Keffe D” Davis had been arrested in connection w ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Oct. 2, 2023
"All of that money we sent over there did absolutely nothing. I would like a refund please," one ...
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