Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 10, 2023
The gas-powered bus "will shortly be an obsolete vehicle," an electric bus company claimed in 19 ...
Written by: David Emery
March 10, 2023
Twitter's CEO is a prolific, influential, and sometimes careless tweeter, which makes him a targ ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
April 22, 2022
A Twitter advertisement highlighted a "movie mistake" that appeared to show an airplane's flying ...
Written by: David Emery
May 26, 2022
Kyle Rittenhouse has threatened lawsuits against the news media, but there was no pending case i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 6, 2017
An image appearing to show Donald Trump with balloons stuffed into his shirt is actually a compo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 12, 2016
A satirical 2012 interview with Pokémon's creator has reappeared thanks to the popularity of Pok ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 10, 2023
"You're going by sound? What are we, whales?"
Written by: David Emery
March 9, 2023
Beware of people passing off video game simulations as actual combat footage.
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
March 9, 2023
The person who originally posted the interview later said in a YouTube video he had made the "fa ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 9, 2023
"It is believed that the instrument will be rather expensive."
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 24, 2022
This isn't the first time that clips from the video game ArmA 3 have circulated with incorrect c ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
March 9, 2023
The state recently passed a ban on so-called "adult cabaret performances" that feature male or f ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 8, 2021
Some messages are longer than a single tweet.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 9, 2023
There's a large gap between an idea and execution, to say the least.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 8, 2023
Factually, it's easier to prosecute people live-streaming themselves during the commission of a ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
March 8, 2023
Musk supposedly tweeted, "Effective immediately, all remaining twitter employees who are a 7 or ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 10, 2018
Conspiracy theorists claim President Kennedy issued the warning seven days before he was assassi ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 6, 2021 (Updated: Jan. 15, 2021)
There was no evidence anyone but a mob of Trump supporters stormed Capitol grounds.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 8, 2023
Verifying the content of the popular photograph is one thing. Verifying the identity of the huma ...
Written by: Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
March 7, 2023
The World Economic Forum doesn't have the power to order governments to do anything, anyway.
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