Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Jessica Lee
June 25, 2020 (Updated: June 29, 2020)
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown did issue an order requiring people wear masks in seven counties, includi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 25, 2020 (Updated: June 28, 2020)
Rumors began to circulate in June 2020 that the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate's great-g ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 10, 2015 (Updated: June 24, 2020)
The controversial essay has actually been circulating on the internet since at least September 2014.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 23, 2020
Rumor and confusion abounded in the wake of a disturbing discovery in a NASCAR garage.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 16, 2020 (Updated: June 29, 2020)
A meme surfaced amid international protests following the death of a Black man in police custody ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 15, 2020 (Updated: June 17, 2020)
A piece of racist propaganda was circulated in an attempt to smear the Black Lives Matter movement.
Written by: Jessica Lee
June 16, 2020
The claim circulated after Floyd's brother called attention at a Congressional hearing to racism ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 23, 2019 (Updated: June 15, 2020)
A left-leaning website took the U.S. Department of Justice to task for its intervention in a sex ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 27, 2019 (Updated: June 15, 2020)
News websites reported on a pair of potentially significant cases on the court's docket in the f ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 10, 2020 (Updated: June 11, 2020)
A meme comparing political involvement of the home improvement chains left out some context.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 4, 2020 (Updated: June 10, 2020)
Fox News host Laura Ingraham appears to have changed her mind whether athletes should express po ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 22, 2020 (Updated: June 8, 2020)
Conspiracy theorists misrepresent Bill Gates’ funding of vaccination and digital-identity resear ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 4, 2020
Conflicting accounts from city officials made this widely shared story even more troubling.
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 3, 2020
Screenshots of an inflammatory Facebook post started circulating during the George Floyd protest ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 2, 2020 (Updated: June 3, 2020)
The photographer described the image as "the most impactful picture I have ever taken."
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2014 (Updated: May 29, 2020)
Actor Vin Diesel is not dead; but he was the victim of yet another celebrity death hoax.
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 27, 2020 (Updated: May 28, 2020)
A meme circulating on social media appeared to serve up some xenophobia.
Written by: Jessica Lee
May 27, 2020
Chauvin has been blamed for the death of George Floyd, who died after the Minneapolis police off ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 27, 2020
Chauvin is the former Minneapolis police officer identified in news reports as the killer of Geo ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 19, 2020 (Updated: May 21, 2020)
Muzzles can serve a variety of purposes, but none includes preventing the transmission of infect ...
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