Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Emery
April 24, 2023
If former Rep. Liz Cheney had been sentenced to death, odds are you wouldn't have read it first ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 22, 2021
Dan White assassinated Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the hist ...
Written by: David Emery
April 24, 2023
The story originated with a website that describes its content as "humor, parody, and satire."
Written by: Snopes Staff
Oct. 16, 2014
An online plea calls for saving the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, a creature that c ...
Written by: Damakant Jayshi
April 23, 2023
Research indicates that human saliva has properties that can heal wounds faster, but it also con ...
Written by: David Emery
April 22, 2023
Fashions change.
Written by: Damakant Jayshi
April 21, 2023
When last we checked, the "Star Trek" actor was still very much alive.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
April 21, 2023
The president has been verified with a gray checkmark meant to identify a government/multilatera ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 21, 2023
Although eviscerated for overacting by a New York Times film critic, the dog in a viral tweet wa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 3, 2016
An article reporting that Prince's music vault contained nothing but Billy Joel cover songs came ...
Written by: Damakant Jayshi
April 18, 2023 (Updated: April 21, 2023)
Opinions were mixed on whether Elon Musk was making a sex joke or just thumbing his nose at the ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
April 20, 2023
Mouse Trap News describes itself as "the world's best satire site."
Written by: Damakant Jayshi
April 20, 2023
Basketball Hall of Fame player Michael Jordan signed his first sneaker contract with Nike sports ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 13, 2002
The story of how the code '420' entered drug parlance as a term signifying the time to light up ...
Written by: Damakant Jayshi
April 19, 2023 (Updated: April 20, 2023)
A monovalent vaccine aims to prevent one strain of a virus from infecting someone, whereas a biv ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
April 19, 2023
About 250 to 280 million Facebook users are eligible to receive funds from the proposed class ac ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 19, 2023
Artificial intelligence has made it very difficult to tell what’s real or fake.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 18, 2023
A piece of satire got shared without the disclaimer.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
April 18, 2023
An ad trumpeting glowing poll results ran one day before Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 18, 2023
The governor is now locked in a battle with the entertainment company.
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