Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
March 2, 2022 (Updated: March 10, 2022)
One expert who weighed in noted that satellite communications may pose more danger than safety.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 8, 2022 (Updated: March 9, 2022)
Won't somebody think of the Miis?
Written by: Dan Evon
March 9, 2022
This rumor just doesn't add up.
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 8, 2022
A Facebook page managed by at least one administrator in Pakistan reportedly stole and made mone ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 4, 2022 (Updated: March 8, 2022)
The picture was posted to the r/mildlyinteresting subreddit on Reddit with the caption: "The gas ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
March 8, 2022 (Updated: March 9, 2022)
Staff were reportedly advised to instead use “conflict” or “military offensive.”
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 28, 2022 (Updated: March 7, 2022)
It's true that Ukrainians altered road signs to confuse Russian troops, but it all started with ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 4, 2022
Anastasiia Lenna is one of millions of Ukrainians impacted by Russia's war.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 3, 2022 (Updated: March 4, 2022)
Americans outraged by Russia's invasion of Ukraine called for a boycott of Lukoil gas stations i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 28, 2022 (Updated: March 4, 2022)
Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompted sanctions that have blocked banking access, restricted air ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 9, 2019 (Updated: March 1, 2022)
This is a genuine photograph from a military testing range, but there's nothing "silent" about it.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 6, 2018 (Updated: March 1, 2022)
Whether an economic theory involving McDonald's franchises and war literally holds true largely ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 23, 2022 (Updated: Feb. 25, 2022)
A Hollywood gossip site is hardly the most reliable source of news about the British Royal Family.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 25, 2022
This wasn't the first time anti-Putin chants rained down from the rafters.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 21, 2022 (Updated: Feb. 22, 2022)
Be wary of phishing scams on social media.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 21, 2022 (Updated: Feb. 22, 2022)
As Russian troops amassed at Ukraine's borders in February 2022, Facebook posts listed more than ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 14, 2022 (Updated: Feb. 16, 2022)
In February 2022, Stéphane Bancel had sold less than $10 million worth of shares by mid-month, a ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 8, 2022 (Updated: Feb. 10, 2022)
Future presidents have been pictured with elected presidents before, but this story takes that c ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 8, 2022 (Updated: Feb. 9, 2022)
News reports in February 2022 grossly misrepresented the facts about a federal harm reduction pr ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 3, 2022 (Updated: Feb. 7, 2022)
The news created a backlash among privacy experts and legislators.
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