Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 27, 1999 (Updated: April 23, 2021)
Snuff films — are they for real?
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 27, 2020 (Updated: April 23, 2021)
The photograph, whose caption made reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, prompted an out ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
April 1, 2021 (Updated: April 21, 2021)
Headlines mischaracterized the connection between Richard Rivera, who served a prison sentence f ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 20, 2021 (Updated: Aug. 16, 2021)
Really depends on how you define these words: Stanford, NIH, Study, Conclude, Mask, and Work.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
April 20, 2021
Flyers allegedly posted around Portland urged protesters to "rage" no matter what the Chauvin ve ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 4, 2021 (Updated: April 20, 2021)
An online advertisement appeared to hint that Williams acted alongside his daughter in the 1993 ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 9, 2020 (Updated: April 20, 2021)
A quote attributed to Mandela, former president of South Africa, said: "Fools divide themselves ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
April 17, 2021 (Updated: April 22, 2021)
"[Adam] was a good kid without a criminal record," his family's attorney said.
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 16, 2021
The Pentagon has gone on the record to confirm triangular objects over a Navy destroyer were fil ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 5, 2019 (Updated: April 14, 2021)
The amazing survival story of 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke has been the subject of a book, movie, ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
April 13, 2021 (Updated: April 23, 2021)
The vaccine was one of three deemed safe under an emergency-use authorization.
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 14, 2021 (Updated: Sept. 23, 2021)
Let's talk about home prices in Los Angeles.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 9, 2021 (Updated: April 13, 2021)
Adverse reactions in four states led to a temporary cessation of the administration of the Johns ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
April 9, 2021 (Updated: April 13, 2021)
As of this writing, it is not yet known whether the pictures are authentic photographs of the pr ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
April 12, 2021 (Updated: April 13, 2021)
Move over tin foil hats. Tin foil face masks are here!
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 12, 2020 (Updated: April 12, 2021)
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and their son, Archie, moved away from the royal family to Montecit ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
April 11, 2021 (Updated: April 12, 2021)
Hanako, a scarlet koi, was rumored to have been alive at the time of the signing of the Declarat ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 12, 2021
The singer was accused of "making it rain" fake dollar bills with his face on them at a strip club.
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 8, 2021
An act of generosity by restaurant managers in 2017 has stayed viral.
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 8, 2021
On video, Jones was screaming and pointing at a vehicle carrying children, but doing little else.
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