Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 29, 2022 (Updated: March 26, 2024)
A syndicated local news article said that some people were "skeptical" about the news. We did so ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 28, 2020
A few weeks after Biden was first elected to the U.S. Senate, his wife and 1-year-old daughter w ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 7, 2023
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tweeted for the first time in more than 11 years in July 2023.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 6, 2023
The number stems from a misreading of a 2021 online survey of just over 3,000 individuals.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
July 6, 2023
Musk, SpaceX, and former assistant Mary Beth Brown all received special thanks in the credits of ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 6, 2023
Numerous posts tried to connect the actual discovery of cocaine in the White House to Hunter Bid ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 6, 2023
Consumers should beware of offers that seem too good to be true, since they might include monthl ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 6, 2013
Is it possible for a staircase to violate the laws of physics and basic logic by looping back in ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
July 6, 2023
YouTuber Mark Dice posted a video titled "Disney’s Creepy New Plans for Kids" on June 28, 2023.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 3, 2021
Oddly enough, the word "dragon" in this claim is not the misleading one.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 5, 2023 (Updated: March 21, 2024)
Despite strong assertions to the contrary, the company has denied ever using this ancient symbol ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
July 5, 2023
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 5, 2023
A quote from a January 1983 speech by the then-chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Comm ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
July 5, 2023
Misinformation spread online during the massive protests in France in July 2023.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
July 5, 2023
The viral clip was taken from a longer video documenting an encounter between Biden and Francis ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 26, 2020
A lawsuit over the incident, which continues to provoke outrage on the internet to this day, was ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 4, 2023
"Does that make eating a banana 50% cannibalism?"
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 4, 2023
According to conspiracy theorists, the clip proved that the whole mission was faked.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 27, 2005
A popular essay outlines the fates of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, but many o ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 3, 2023
A conspiracy theory went viral after a video claimed to show a body bag leaving the White House.
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