Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 15, 2021 (Updated: Dec. 16, 2021)
Among the many flaws in this conspiracy theory, the COVID-19 variant "omicron" isn't spelled wit ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
Jan. 5, 2021 (Updated: Dec. 15, 2021)
Here's another meme using misleading information to cast doubt on the seriousness of the coronav ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 12, 2021 (Updated: Dec. 14, 2021)
The state has built far more prisons than universities since 1980.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 13, 2021
This text message reportedly was sent minutes before a tornado hit an Amazon warehouse in Illinois.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 7, 2021 (Updated: Dec. 13, 2021)
It might not be a good sign when the bottom of a brand new website displays a list of "disclaime ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
Dec. 9, 2021 (Updated: Dec. 20, 2021)
Early studies indicate the strain may cause less severe COVID-19 symptoms compared to its precur ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 6, 2021
The card with a picture of former U.S. President Donald Trump read: "Merry Christmas From The Wi ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
Dec. 2, 2021 (Updated: Dec. 3, 2021)
Visual evidence surfaced supposedly showing four protesters outside the federal courthouse takin ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 30, 2021 (Updated: Dec. 3, 2021)
The photo in question was reportedly taken circa 2003.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Nov. 24, 2021 (Updated: Dec. 1, 2021)
A viral copypasta text alleges numerous things about the teenager, his murder trial, and the peo ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 18, 2021 (Updated: Dec. 1, 2021)
Judge Bruce Schroeder dramatically barred anyone from the news network from entering the court i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 28, 2021 (Updated: Dec. 2, 2021)
Can you lose something you were never nominated for?
Written by: Dan Evon
June 25, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 22, 2021)
All eyes were on the president as he appeared for a photo-op amid widespread anti-police-brutali ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 21, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges in November 2021 in the case of a deadly protest.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 17, 2021
We don't imagine that sticky lubricants would sell well.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 15, 2000 (Updated: Nov. 17, 2021)
Perennially circulated bit of political humor holds that a distant relative of a prominent polit ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 17, 2021 (Updated: Nov. 11, 2021)
We tracked down the origins of the tale of a psychologist named Louis Cheskin, who purportedly a ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 9, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 10, 2021)
It's unusual for viral stories to deliver on adjectives like "unbelievable."
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 2, 2021 (Updated: Nov. 4, 2021)
A confluence of issues have created congestion at the busiest port in the U.S.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Oct. 31, 2021 (Updated: Nov. 10, 2021)
From Danny's shirt to TV programming at The Overlook Hotel, the number 42 is said to appear repe ...
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