Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 13, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 17, 2018)
Donald Trump, Jr. shared a doctored graphic which falsely showed his father with a higher job ap ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 14, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 15, 2018)
The police union's president called Colin Kaepernick a "shallow dilettante" who disrespected the ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 25, 2017 (Updated: Aug. 24, 2021)
Inaudible sonic weapons are an unlikely cause of the mysterious symptoms suffered by American an ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 1, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 4, 2018)
A widely-shared Facebook meme offered allegations about a rising Democratic politician in Texas.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 11, 2018 (Updated: Dec. 10, 2019)
The Environmental Protection Agency will be allowing for potential new uses of asbestos, while l ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Aug. 23, 2018 (Updated: Aug. 27, 2018)
Conspiracy blogs cited vague "preliminary reports" to suggest that Jen Moore could have been par ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 20, 2018 (Updated: Aug. 23, 2018)
After defending Roe v. Wade during a pro-choice panel discussion, Clinton was attacked by pro-li ...
Written by: David Emery
June 22, 2018 (Updated: Aug. 19, 2018)
Mainstream news organizations were criticized for illustrating articles about family separation ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 8, 2018 (Updated: Aug. 13, 2018)
A small number of people complained after the department posted a photograph of a deputy praying ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 2, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 5, 2018)
Jeffrey Whitman told a local newspaper columnist he'd gone out of business after being caught on ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 1, 2018 (Updated: Aug. 2, 2018)
An investigation into U.S. international aid practises in 2015 hit the headlines in July 2018.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 20, 2018 (Updated: July 31, 2018)
A South African newspaper reported that the Trump administration directed the U.S. Embassy in Pr ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 30, 2018
Statistics sound much scarier when presented without any context whatsoever.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
July 24, 2018 (Updated: July 25, 2018)
Sherry Foster said that although her son will recover, he is now afraid to wear shoes.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 25, 2018
The founder of a viral political campaign claims memes featuring stock photo models instead of r ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 28, 2018 (Updated: July 6, 2018)
Medical experts said that they had never heard of dogs suffering "chemical burns" from chewing o ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 27, 2018 (Updated: June 28, 2018)
In late June 2018, a web site resurrected months-old news about potential cellphone searches by ...
Written by: David Emery
June 25, 2018 (Updated: June 27, 2018)
Fake news articles peddling the false claim that the Jackson family patriarch was dead followed ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 21, 2018
The First Lady made a surprise visit to detained immigrant children while wearing a jacket beari ...
Written by: David Emery
June 20, 2018 (Updated: June 21, 2018)
An anonymous Facebook post described what it was like to accompany sixteen "scared little souls" ...
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