Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 22, 2014 (Updated: May 7, 2021)
We first looked at this rumor about the death of Pringles inventor Fredric J. Baur back in 2014.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
March 31, 2021 (Updated: May 7, 2021)
Health experts do recommend the vaccine be given to breastfeeding parents.
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 6, 2021 (Updated: May 7, 2021)
The remark was featured in a 2016 documentary on the militarization of U.S. police.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
May 6, 2021
Who was controlling whom? That is the question.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 29, 2001 (Updated: May 6, 2021)
Are Congressmen exempt from paying into Social Security?
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
May 4, 2021 (Updated: May 5, 2021)
The infectious disease expert was reportedly taking care of his father-in-law in India at the time.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
April 20, 2021 (Updated: May 5, 2021)
Some species have the ability to regrow organs after they are totally lost — but can humans?
Written by: Dan Evon
April 29, 2021 (Updated: May 4, 2021)
There's no reason to be all shook up about this rumor.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 1, 2021 (Updated: May 4, 2021)
The legendary baseball player’s ancestry has long been the subject of rumors.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 3, 2021 (Updated: May 4, 2021)
Evidence is lacking for the authenticity of a zinger included in a 1998 TV series about the Apol ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 23, 2021 (Updated: May 3, 2021)
It depends on who you ask.
Written by: Jessica Lee
April 28, 2021 (Updated: May 3, 2021)
A researcher looking into the trend said the purported findings shocked her.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 29, 2021 (Updated: April 30, 2021)
A viral clip of Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner ignored about an hour's worth of relevant co ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 29, 2021
Long Boi is definitely a long boi, but is he the longest boi?
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 13, 2021 (Updated: April 29, 2021)
New technology employed by New York police raised privacy and civil rights concerns.
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 28, 2021
A brief hand gesture by Donohue sparked a torrent of internet outrage.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 27, 2021 (Updated: April 28, 2021)
The Fox News host has also said seeing a vaccinated person wearing a mask outside is like watchi ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 27, 2021
City officials in Long Beach, California, said only one such book was given out ... and that was ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
April 24, 2021 (Updated: April 27, 2021)
The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty in the killing of George Floyd, a Black man.
Written by: Jessica Lee
July 24, 2020 (Updated: April 23, 2021)
A federal memo allegedly said homeless shelters could identify some incoming transgender residen ...
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