Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 2, 2023
A viral image misrepresented an advertising campaign used for the launch of a new line of M&M's ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 2, 2023
The Writers Guild of America’s 11,500 unionized screenwriters stopped working at 12:01 a.m. on M ...
Written by: Damakant Jayshi
May 2, 2023
The real robots can perform a number of tasks, including backflips and dancing.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 2, 2023
"Trust me, there's time to do it again," O'Brien said during the famous episode.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 24, 2016
A report that a woman who grabbed a baseball away from a child at an Astros game had been identi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 23, 2017
A popular internet meme holding that members of the Masai tribe donated cows to the United State ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 1, 2023
Beware of edited images of headlines with graphic sexual language.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 1, 2023
The bank was taken over by JPMorgan Chase on May 1, 2023.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 1, 2023
There was no announcement by Disney that Disney World would be relocated to New Orleans.
Written by: Damakant Jayshi
May 1, 2023
The U.S. government seized the struggling First Republic Bank on May 1, 2023, and sold it to JPM ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 30, 2023
It was allegedly titled "Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous."
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 29, 2023
A flight attendant was killed after being "sucked through the opening," and more than 60 people ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
June 29, 2000
A lucky bargain hunter got more than he bargained for when he purchased an old painting.
Written by: David Emery
April 28, 2023
No sooner had George Soros' son Alexander posted a photo of himself with Biden on Facebook than ...
Written by: Damakant Jayshi
April 28, 2023
The 2014 video clip appeared to show the eponymous host of "The Jerry Springer Show" admitting t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 25, 2016
"Bison bones were used in refining sugar, and in making fertilizer and fine bone china."
Written by: Dan Evon
June 9, 2016
A video that purportedly shows a lion attacking a big game hunter was likely intended as part of ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 27, 2023
Conspiracy theories about a purported "UN Agenda 21/2030" have been on the internet for years.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
April 27, 2023 (Updated: June 14, 2024)
Neigh.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 27, 2023
One part of this supposed questionnaire asked if a baby should “have a mum and a dad.”
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