Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Dec. 7, 2020 (Updated: Dec. 8, 2020)
Even half that amount would have been more than enough for two weeks in space.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 8, 2015 (Updated: Dec. 7, 2020)
A 'vintage color photograph' from 1941 showing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was actually ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 2, 2020 (Updated: Dec. 7, 2020)
Rumor has it the infamously named town has officially been bowdlerized.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 6, 2020 (Updated: Dec. 7, 2020)
The bird perched picture-perfect in the camera's frame.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 3, 2020 (Updated: Dec. 6, 2020)
Adobe announced Flash Player was reaching its "end of life."
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 3, 2020 (Updated: Dec. 4, 2020)
A photograph purportedly showing a "mysterious ghost hand" featured a group of young girls in 19 ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 7, 2018 (Updated: Dec. 4, 2020)
The social media platform briefly covered a religious image that has been online for years.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 3, 2020
The claim, which has spread across the anti-vaccine internet zeitgeist without context, stems fr ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 3, 2020
The mysterious structures have been popping up in various locations.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 2, 2020
Readers beware: Prime customers report getting phone calls from scammers posing as Amazon repres ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 24, 2020 (Updated: Dec. 1, 2020)
Merriam-Webster's definition of "monolith" is a "single great stone often in the form of an obel ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 4, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 25, 2020)
Barack Obama received 69,498,516 votes in the 2008 U.S. presidential contest.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Nov. 10, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 20, 2020)
Agreeing to a buy a vaccine once approved is not the same as funding its research and development.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 18, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 19, 2020)
A widely shared meme mocked statements made by the president's personal attorney in a federal co ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 9, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 18, 2020)
The 45th president made history, both good and bad, in the 2020 election.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Nov. 16, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 17, 2020)
The discovery was made during a state audit, which is different than a recount.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 29, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 17, 2020)
A meme circulating on Facebook caused some to believe that the state had issued holiday rules.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 8, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 15, 2020)
Isolated incidents that were quickly rectified were used to imply widespread voter fraud was occ ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 5, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 15, 2020)
Looks like someone's pranking.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Nov. 6, 2020 (Updated: Nov. 12, 2020)
The group had gained well over 64,000 members in its brief 24 hours of existence.
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