Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 16, 2019 (Updated: Feb. 11, 2020)
This concept art could earn "Lilo & Stitch" a not-so-Disney G-rating.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 13, 2019 (Updated: Feb. 7, 2020)
A local news report and viral Facebook post omitted crucial information about a plan to "pull pa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 7, 2017 (Updated: Feb. 5, 2020)
Actor Kirk Douglas passed away in February 2020, not in December 2017 when an old death hoax cir ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 2, 2003 (Updated: Feb. 4, 2020)
A list purportedly documenting racially questionable statements made by the conservative radio t ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 30, 2016 (Updated: Jan. 23, 2020)
Following Carrie Fisher's death, speculation mounted regarding the inspiration for her Princess ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 22, 2020
George Washington is in the running for the United States' most misquoted president.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 17, 2020 (Updated: Jan. 18, 2020)
The tradition of using multiple pens to sign important legislation, and then giving those pens t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2015 (Updated: Jan. 16, 2020)
An image appearing to show the profile view of two human faces on a cow's face has its origins a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 20, 2017 (Updated: Jan. 15, 2020)
Aaron Hernandez's conviction could be vacated under the obscure legal doctrine of abatement ab i ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 17, 2009 (Updated: Jan. 10, 2020)
Accepting a Facebook friend request from a stranger will not provide hackers with access to your ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 10, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 7, 2020)
The former congressman from South Carolina was said to have been tapped to join a team of lawyer ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 5, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 7, 2020)
The future of the Violence Against Women Act remains in jeopardy, but President Trump signed a n ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 21, 2015 (Updated: Jan. 6, 2020)
Don't believe what you see. It's easy to steal the colors, logos and header of an established or ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 31, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 5, 2020)
Garrett's position definitely appeared to be in question in December 2019.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 13, 2019 (Updated: Aug. 4, 2021)
The house was reported to be in escrow in late August 2019.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 27, 2019 (Updated: June 16, 2020)
A thought-provoking, widely shared blog post made a series of allegations against the "Harry Pot ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 2, 2015 (Updated: Dec. 6, 2019)
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 5, 2014 (Updated: Dec. 6, 2019)
Rumors that spider eggs used to fill Beanie Babies in the 1990s are finally hatching came from a ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 3, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 27, 2019)
Prominent conservative commentators boosted a false, mathematically impossible rumor about the p ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
July 15, 2016 (Updated: Nov. 22, 2019)
Yet another "free coupon" scam attempted to lure social media users with bogus promises.
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