Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 26, 2023
McDaniel suggested that Biden's "low approval" was not that of a president "that the American pe ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 26, 2023
The author and tv star was the latest celebrity to have her image used without permission in sca ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
May 26, 2023
As AI-generated content becomes an inextricable part of social media, more and more doubts arise ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Nov. 12, 2021
Here are the facts and myths behind the viral photograph.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 28, 2021
The credibility of a rumor does not increase when placed on a colorful background.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 27, 2013
One legend associated with the creation of Memorial Day holds that it was started by former slav ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 25, 2023
An email message that claimed to come from Sam's Club promised a "reward" that was way too good ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 25, 2023
"OK," one prominent attorney tweeted. "I was trolling when I tweeted that."
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 25, 2023 (Updated: May 26, 2023)
The video documented an an Australian auction yard fire in April 2023.
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 25, 2023
The "Fast & Furious" star and his friend, Roger Rodas, died in 2013 in a fiery car crash in Sant ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 7, 2021
"When wireless is perfectly applied, the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain," the i ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 24, 2023
"For me," the designer wrote on Instagram, "Satan is hope, compassion, equality, and love."
Written by: Dan Evon
June 27, 2016
A map purportedly showing that areas affected by mad cow disease in 1992 ended up voting "leave" ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 23, 2023
Conservative commentators expressed outrage over several items in Target's 2023 Pride Month coll ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 23, 2023
We've fact-checked satirical posts from Mouse Trap News before.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 23, 2023
The images you may have seen were AI-generated.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 25, 2019
A 2-year-old who appeared on the children's show in 1971 shares a lot of biographical informatio ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 22, 2022
A rumor said that Disney World was "battling the Florida government in court" to get a drinking ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
May 22, 2023 (Updated: Feb. 22, 2024)
According to the dog's owner, Leonel Costa, Bobi was born in 1992 and lived to the age of 31 yea ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 22, 2023
Kabul is not in Ukraine.
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