Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 2, 2021
A popular meme regarding the financial entanglements of Biden's secretary of defense used flawed ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 2, 2021
We tracked down the original picture and found that it featured a plane, a train, and an automob ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 26, 2021 (Updated: March 1, 2021)
The eleventh season of the Tom Selleck-led CBS television drama "Blue Bloods" premiered later th ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 1, 2021
The appearance of the gold-colored statue at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference ( ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Aug. 20, 2015 (Updated: March 1, 2021)
The story also showed up on social media under the title: "Man Notices Store Manager Being Disre ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 26, 2021 (Updated: March 1, 2021)
The former president was depicted wearing sandals, American flag shorts, and holding a magic wand.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 27, 2021 (Updated: March 3, 2021)
Internet sleuths noticed the stage at the conservative gathering resembled a symbol used by hate ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 25, 2021 (Updated: April 30, 2021)
Someone made off with Koji and Gustav, the singer’s French bulldogs.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 26, 2021
The brittle bone disease patient was the subject of internet rumors in February 2021.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 24, 2021 (Updated: Feb. 26, 2021)
The posts are both out of date and out of context.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 23, 2021 (Updated: Feb. 26, 2021)
A previous traffic collision had serious personal consequences for the golf champion.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 25, 2021 (Updated: Feb. 26, 2021)
The Kentucky senator’s medical qualifications came under a microscope in a meme.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 19, 2021 (Updated: Feb. 25, 2021)
The Mars Perseverance Rover will be capable of capturing sound on Mars.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 25, 2021
Mr. Potato Head will no longer be a mister, its maker has announced. Or has it?
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 24, 2021 (Updated: Feb. 25, 2021)
Here's what you need to know about "Operation Talon," a Trump-era program aimed at deporting sex ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 24, 2021
Some amazing and authentic images have been taken by the Martian rovers, but this isn't one of t ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
May 31, 2020 (Updated: Feb. 23, 2021)
The trial of the former police officer charged in George Floyd's death was scheduled to begin in ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 22, 2021 (Updated: Feb. 23, 2021)
Opponents of critical race theory and diversity training railed against Coca-Cola in February 20 ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 23, 2021
The Jaws of Life is now in widespread use, but was originally invented to rescue race car drivers.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 26, 2020 (Updated: Feb. 21, 2021)
In August 2019, a 23-year-old unarmed Black man died after an encounter with police officers in ...
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