Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
May 5, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 24, 2021)
The former pharmaceutical employee has spouted widely discredited conspiracy theories.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 16, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 23, 2021)
Since 1981, more than 300 members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus have died of HIV/AIDS.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 20, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 24, 2021)
Photographs of a truck advertising "Wilmore Funeral Home" in North Carolina emerged in September ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 6, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 22, 2021)
Washington wrote in 1777 that the Continental Army had more to "dread" from smallpox than from t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 22, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 22, 2021)
Memes are not the best source for factual information.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Sept. 22, 2021
A lack of workers willing to shuttle K-12 students to and from school is impacting school distri ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 24, 2020 (Updated: Sept. 21, 2021)
An 1850 slave schedule shows that Thomas H. Randle owned a 14-year-old slave.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 13, 2002 (Updated: Sept. 20, 2021)
The famous quote that first appeared online in the year 2001 was still being virally shared in s ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 11, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 20, 2021)
The black-and-white footage delighted Reddit users.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 17, 2021
A nonpolitical moment was made both political and misleading with the use of digital editing sof ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 15, 2021
The former Denver Broncos quarterback became a household name in the 2010s as an outspoken conse ...
Written by: Dan Evon Dan MacGuill
Sept. 14, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 15, 2021)
Biden reportedly said: "I believe in liking people even if they don’t like you."
Written by: Jessica Lee
Sept. 7, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 12, 2021)
This piece of misinformation, which has circulated online for years, stems from a misleading hea ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 24, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 9, 2021)
On Sept. 9, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden detailed an update to the previously announced vaccin ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Sept. 8, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 10, 2021)
One study purportedly found that 85% of men who were given the anti-parasitic were sterile follo ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 31, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 7, 2021)
Thousands of people have been trying to leave Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 4, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 7, 2021)
Beck said that his organization raised almost $30 million.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 3, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 5, 2021)
The Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, prompting a wave of evacuation efforts.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 7, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 3, 2021)
The tech giant has previously resisted government and law enforcement calls for greater access t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 3, 2021
Eleven people were murdered by a white supremacist at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh i ...
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