Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 11, 2001 (Updated: Aug. 28, 2019)
This is the story of a student who was unable to answer an exam question, so he hatched a scheme ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 12, 2019
Doppelgangers definitely provide ample fodder for conspiracy theorists.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 6, 2019 (Updated: Aug. 8, 2019)
After two shooting massacres in August 2019 in the U.S., some commentators focused on the racial ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 8, 2015 (Updated: Aug. 5, 2019)
Let's look at the facts.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 19, 2019 (Updated: Aug. 4, 2019)
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez may be the most memed woman of the year so far.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 24, 2019 (Updated: July 31, 2019)
Social media memes in spring 2019 exaggerated the implications of a law passed by the North Caro ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 24, 2019 (Updated: July 30, 2019)
Many readers were confused by an article that altered some details of a controversial news story.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 26, 2019
Comments made by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul in a TV interview became weaponized on social media.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 23, 2019 (Updated: July 25, 2019)
Several websites grossly misrepresented and over-simplified Facebook's actions during the Irelan ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 30, 2016 (Updated: July 22, 2019)
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court cited "a pattern of racial profiling of blacks in the c ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 17, 2019 (Updated: July 22, 2019)
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 6, 2016 (Updated: July 16, 2019)
Ramsey Orta was sentenced to four years in prison in October 2016, but the charges were not spec ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 9, 2019 (Updated: July 12, 2019)
A purveyor of junk news capitalized on the July 2019 death of the former presidential candidate.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 19, 2015 (Updated: July 10, 2019)
An offer on Facebook for free ALDI grocery coupons is not legitimate.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 19, 2018 (Updated: July 9, 2019)
A free Publix grocery coupon Facebook offer is just another version of the ubiquitous survey scam.
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 27, 2019 (Updated: July 1, 2019)
A picture taken in 2018 captured Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, before she was elected to the U.S. Ho ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 22, 2019 (Updated: June 26, 2019)
Before she died in June 2019, the reality TV star was the subject of online rumors.
Written by: David Emery
June 14, 2019 (Updated: June 19, 2019)
A U.S. State Department policy blocking birthright citizenship for some children born to U.S. ci ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 17, 2019 (Updated: June 19, 2019)
Anonymous, unverified accounts on Twitter typically aren't the best sources for reliable news.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 3, 2018 (Updated: June 17, 2019)
Gamble v. United States concerns a felon who was arrested for possession of a firearm. It could ...
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