Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 30, 2023
On March 30, 2023, former President Donald Trump became the first ex-U.S. President indicted in ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
March 30, 2023
Cinch News is a satire website.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 30, 2023
A screenshot supposedly showing a post by a Nashville TV station has gone viral. It's a fabrication.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 30, 2023
No, there was no strange conspiracy at play.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
March 30, 2023
DeSantis is expected to officially announce he's running for president after the Florida legisla ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
July 10, 2020
Social media users posted videos showing insects crawling out of fruit after being soaked in war ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 2, 2018
We're not certain where a photograph of a pair of monstrous claws comes from, but it certainly w ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 29, 2023
"In carrying out such information operations, ours still has to learn …," a Russian Telegram acc ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 14, 2022
For once, social media posts actually understated the miraculous and dramatic story of British A ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 28, 2023
"I am not the Nashville shooter, as evidenced by the fact that I am still very much alive," one ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
March 28, 2023
Claims about "false flags" often spread after school shootings.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 28, 2023
The president spoke for the first time after the March 27, 2023, shooting at a previously schedu ...
Written by: David Emery
March 27, 2023
An old, tired internet hoax was reborn on social media after the March 27, 2023, Nashville schoo ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
March 27, 2023
The picture is from 2021, however, more than a year before a woman shot up the school, killing six.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 27, 2023
The question surfaced in the aftermath of The Covenant School shooting in Nashville.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 23, 2021 (Updated: May 25, 2022)
A viral meme asserted that AR-15 style weapons have frequently been used to commit deadly acts o ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 27, 2023
Other photographs link the billionaire to Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 27, 2017
According to longstanding rumors, subliminal messages appear in certain banknotes.
Written by: David Emery
March 26, 2023
We will soon be drowning in AI-generated deepfake images.
Written by: David Emery
March 25, 2023
This appears to be an urban legend of recent origin.
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