Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 13, 2020 (Updated: July 29, 2020)
Some blood banks have begun routinely conducting COVID-19 antibody tests on donors' blood, thoug ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
July 28, 2020 (Updated: Jan. 9, 2022)
The real point is: Both diseases can kill. And experts warn we may be dealing with them simultan ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 21, 2019 (Updated: July 28, 2020)
"Two Supervisor-level employees, who have since been terminated, made poor decisions including d ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 8, 2020 (Updated: July 27, 2020)
The details of a settlement reached between student Nick Sandmann and CNN have not been made public.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 24, 2020 (Updated: July 27, 2020)
An outbreak at a Felician convent in Michigan spread quickly.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 23, 2020
Widely shared Facebook posts claimed that Kroger's new policy was to not give out cash change.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
July 23, 2020
Overexploitation of marine resources has “devastated” shark populations in recent decades.
Written by: Stephanie Larsen
March 15, 2017 (Updated: July 22, 2020)
According to memes, Congressional members and staffers are offered free, no-strings-attached hea ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 9, 2020 (Updated: July 22, 2020)
A Confederate monument became the site of another protest on the Fourth of July 2020.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 15, 2020 (Updated: July 16, 2020)
A crisis communication plan needed its own crisis communication plan.
Written by: Jessica Lee
July 14, 2020 (Updated: July 16, 2020)
Per the claim, which circulated widely among U.S. teachers and parents, that would mean 14,740 c ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 15, 2020
The former game show host had previously said that the CDC, doctors, Democrats, and the media we ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
June 18, 2020 (Updated: July 15, 2020)
Widely shared posts from the summer of 2020, purportedly citing the CDC and U.S. Occupational Sa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 15, 2020
It may come as a surprise to some, but more than one person has the name "George Floyd."
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 7, 2020 (Updated: July 10, 2020)
The tragic death of 17-year-old Carsyn Leigh Davis prompted controversy in July 2020.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 10, 2020 (Updated: July 23, 2020)
The claim that Wayfair is trafficking children is based almost entirely on one person's confusio ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 28, 2020 (Updated: June 30, 2020)
This visual aid did not involve a person with COVID-19.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 29, 2020 (Updated: June 30, 2020)
The problem with most online "predictions" is that they seem to occur after an event takes place ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 16, 2016 (Updated: June 30, 2020)
A replica Vietnam Wall in Los Angeles was defaced by vandals in 2016, but the larger monument in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 29, 2020
After the couple pointed guns at protesters, rumors started to circulate about the McCloskeys' p ...
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