Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 26, 2012 (Updated: May 19, 2020)
"For 53 years, Annie Glenn was a prisoner of her own tongue, a stutterer who tripped over eight ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 14, 2020 (Updated: May 19, 2020)
He posted the photo of an ice cream sundae from Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant while stay-at-h ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 22, 2020 (Updated: May 14, 2020)
FEMA stated it knows the company "doesn't make" the masks because the company is a broker, not a ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 5, 2020 (Updated: May 13, 2020)
Sensational headlines suggested the city was singling out churches for heavy-handed surveillance ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 27, 2012 (Updated: May 8, 2020)
A prototype anti-rape device was fashioned as a female condom with teeth lining the inside.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 5, 2020 (Updated: May 7, 2020)
The Asian giant hornet may have rightly earned the nickname "murder hornet," but don't underesti ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 8, 2018 (Updated: May 6, 2020)
Judy Mikovits did not discover a deadly virus delivered through vaccines; she was arrested for a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 23, 2015 (Updated: May 5, 2020)
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 prohibits tobacco companies from g ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 20, 2020 (Updated: April 21, 2020)
The Redmond, Wash.-based computer company published a patent for a "cryptocurrency system using ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 17, 2020 (Updated: April 19, 2020)
A genuine photograph circulated with a misleading caption.
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 13, 2020 (Updated: April 20, 2020)
A conspiracy-tinged essay attributed to the former Fox News host went viral on social media.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 3, 2017 (Updated: April 14, 2020)
"While he was sleeping, another employee mistook him for the corpse of a 52-year old car acciden ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 30, 2020 (Updated: April 2, 2020)
If you're looking for reliable COVID-19 information from Johns Hopkins University, please check ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 30, 2020 (Updated: March 31, 2020)
Richard Kovacevich didn't deny he said this about employees returning to work amid the coronavir ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 25, 2020
After being called out for its approach to supporting seasonal and contract workers during times ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 20, 2020 (Updated: July 8, 2020)
Such an observation would have an impact on how medical professionals identify those most at ris ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 21, 2020 (Updated: March 23, 2020)
A reported instance of "teens doing dumb things on social media" may be something less than a na ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 18, 2020 (Updated: March 19, 2020)
Scams involving the disaster relief organization are unfortunately not new.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 16, 2020 (Updated: March 18, 2020)
Oscar, a digital health-insurance startup that recently set up a service for users to find COVID ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 3, 2020 (Updated: March 13, 2020)
U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped the virus would go away in April 2020 because the "hea ...
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