Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 21, 2016 (Updated: April 19, 2018)
Conspiracy web sites discovered an old recorded phone call between a NASA scientist and a conspi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 9, 2014 (Updated: April 18, 2018)
Catholic bishops in Kenya asserted that a tetanus vaccine campaign was really a secret effort to ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 13, 2018 (Updated: April 16, 2018)
A controversial paper from 2014 continues to be shared as evidence that fluoride has "officially ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 14, 2018
Philadelphia police are investigating an incident captured in a viral Facebook video.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
April 13, 2018
A journalist's tweet inflamed discussion about a potential second bout between the boxing and UF ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Feb. 7, 2016 (Updated: April 13, 2018)
Honorably-discharged veterans of the U.S. military have, under certain circumstances, either rec ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 19, 2009 (Updated: April 12, 2018)
Do restroom hand dryers spread disease by blowing germs and bacteria around? The jury is still out.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 10, 2018 (Updated: April 11, 2018)
A number of international news reports about a Russian woman who was "embalmed alive" sensationa ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 9, 2018 (Updated: April 10, 2018)
A persistent claim about widespread voter fraud is based on problematic tallies of registered an ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 2009 (Updated: April 9, 2018)
"Facebook is a free site and will never require that you pay to continue using the site."
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 9, 2018
St. Louis "media personality" Jamie Allman wrote that he was "getting ready to ram a hot poker u ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 9, 2018
An insidious scam ended with Facebook users involuntarily spamming their groups.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
April 9, 2018
A British tabloid published an "exclusive" based around an alleged analysis of a statement alrea ...
Written by: David Emery
March 19, 2018 (Updated: April 3, 2018)
A Facebook video alleging that pinholes were found in bottled water caps morphed into rumors tha ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 3, 2017 (Updated: March 26, 2018)
This claim, inelegantly formulated on an alternative health website, is remarkable for both its ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 13, 2018 (Updated: March 26, 2018)
Seven thousand pairs of empty shoes on display at the U.S. Capitol were intended to represent ch ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 14, 2016 (Updated: March 26, 2018)
A video purportedly shows a driverless Uber running a red light in San Francisco.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 25, 2018 (Updated: March 26, 2018)
Rep. Mark Amodei did not notify Noah Christiansen's school, but he defended the staff member who ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill Bethania Palma
Jan. 30, 2018 (Updated: March 22, 2018)
Gregory Salcido, who is also a City Council member in Pico Rivera, was caught on video making a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 14, 2018 (Updated: March 16, 2018)
Ongoing business troubles for the toy chain led to rumors that gift cards could soon be (or alre ...
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