Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 15, 2018 (Updated: March 24, 2018)
Despite a flurry of reporting to the contrary, the mystery of Earhart’s final resting place has ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 15, 2017 (Updated: March 13, 2018)
A viral Facebook post misquotes the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 12, 2018 (Updated: March 14, 2018)
Storm Durham's claim that she was fired over possessing a concealed carry permit is not supporte ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 7, 2018 (Updated: March 9, 2018)
Dubious right-wing blogs misrepresented an encounter prompted by Washington state's "red flag" law.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 15, 2017 (Updated: March 7, 2018)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it was reversing a ban on the import of legally-hun ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 6, 2018 (Updated: March 7, 2018)
Some fringe blogs in North America picked up a claim about the Guarani Aquifer that has already ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 2, 2018
A fake tweet was spread in an attempt to smear the reputation of David Hogg, who survived a mass ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 28, 2018
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are not calling senior citizens and asking for personal in ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 1, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 28, 2018)
Unreliable web sites misrepresented the substance of the American Civil Liberties Union's critic ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 20, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 28, 2018)
There is no evidence to date that the confessed school shooter belongs to any organized hate gro ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 22, 2017 (Updated: Feb. 26, 2018)
Breitbart pushed an extremely flawed study as evidence of a widespread conspiracy to inflate sea ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 21, 2018 (Updated: April 22, 2018)
A years-old Internet rumor suggests the gun rights figurehead may not be mentally sound enough t ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria Arturo Garcia
Feb. 24, 2018 (Updated: March 5, 2018)
Days after a customer's account spread on social media, the company warned about a product defec ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 23, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 24, 2018)
U.S. calendars for 2018 on Apple devices initially did not mark Easter, but the holiday has sinc ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 22, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 27, 2018)
The network denied Colton Haab's allegation that it asked him to write a speech for a town hall ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 2, 2017 (Updated: Feb. 20, 2018)
The White House has proposed eliminating funding for LIHEAP, which serves around 6 million house ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 16, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 19, 2018)
Online trolls tried to push claims of violence, but they were quickly foiled by others on social ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Feb. 17, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 18, 2018)
A meme about Snopes.com has been debunked by the very source it cites.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 15, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 16, 2018)
A Mississippi YouTube user contacted law enforcement after a disturbing comment appeared on one ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 14, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 15, 2018)
Tamiflu is not responsible for the high number of flu season deaths, even if its potential rare ...
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