Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 1, 2019 (Updated: Feb. 5, 2019)
While a relationship between eye color and tolerance to alcohol may exist, the topic is far less ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 30, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 31, 2019)
Fox News posted a draft of new rules for the Committee on Natural Resources in January 2019.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 28, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 30, 2019)
The Minnesota Democrat sent a letter to a U.S. District Court judge in 2016. What exactly did sh ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 28, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 30, 2019)
President Reagan may have termed the Soviet Union "evil," but Nancy Pelosi?
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 22, 2016 (Updated: Jan. 29, 2019)
Unproven anecdotes claim piercing a certain area of ear cartilage, known as a "daith piercing," ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 21, 2016 (Updated: Jan. 29, 2019)
If you're submitting a ballot by mail, you might need additional postage (and the directions pri ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 23, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 24, 2019)
Nuances frequently get lost amidst social media uproar and hastily filed news reports.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 21, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 22, 2019)
Conspiracy theorists provided no evidence for claims that Congressional Democrats and their rela ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 18, 2019
As a federal government shutdown ran on for weeks, concerns mounted over its effects on renters ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 15, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 17, 2019)
Some inspectors have returned to resume their duties, but it's unclear for how long.
Written by: Snopes Staff
March 8, 2013 (Updated: July 2, 2020)
Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is yet another common food additive that has come under scrutiny ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 9, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 15, 2019)
You can reach just about any conclusion with shoddy statistics and false premises.
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 8, 2019 (Updated: Jan. 9, 2019)
Trump supporters raised the issue of past campaign finance violations to question Schumer's fitn ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 15, 2018 (Updated: Dec. 13, 2018)
The head of the Vatican's Secretariat for the Economy has declined to backtrack on his controver ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 5, 2018 (Updated: Dec. 6, 2018)
Voting to repeal Obamacare may or may not have doomed the re-election chances of many Republican ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 30, 2018 (Updated: Dec. 3, 2018)
"He is one of the organizers of the Honduran migrant caravan."
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 5, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 29, 2018)
Several GoFundMe accounts were opened in the Supreme Court nominee's name during his Senate conf ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 26, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 28, 2018)
Confirmation bias includes cherry-picking information that confirms a particular point of view w ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 19, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 26, 2018)
The one-two combination of wildfire and rain can produce some risks, but toxic rain is not one o ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 19, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 21, 2018)
A team from the devastated community of Paradise found support as well as competition in a memor ...
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