Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 14, 2018
In the immediate aftermath of a mass shooting on Valentine's Day, social media users began specu ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 14, 2018
This claim is based on the incorrect interpretation of single quote from one nurse in Wisconsin ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 13, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 14, 2018)
Far-right pundits went off the deep end after African-American artist Kehinde Wiley's portrait o ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 14, 2012 (Updated: Feb. 13, 2018)
A video supposedly documenting that the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were a staged ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 13, 2018
Social media users from Nigeria to New York City accused an unidentified man of being a taxi dri ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 7, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 8, 2018)
A series of images showing a Tesla Roadster looking down on earth from space are real.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 6, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 7, 2018)
We found no evidence to suggest Costco toilet paper was any less safe for septic tanks than any ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 9, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 7, 2018)
Medical experts back a woman's warning that eucalyptus and other oils can be harmful to pets.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 6, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 7, 2018)
Rep. Adam Schiff, who authored a rebuttal to Devin Nunes's memo about the Trump-Russia investiga ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 2, 2017 (Updated: Feb. 5, 2018)
Although President Trump may change the scope of one government program to focus on Islamic terr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 30, 2018 (Updated: Feb. 3, 2018)
A seemingly innocuous video shows neither a rat nor a shower.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 2, 2018
Rumors that there is a security wall outside the representative's Palm Beach House are inaccurat ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 31, 2018
A meme showing lawmakers checking their phones during the State of the Union is real — but this ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 26, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 29, 2018)
Reports imply Indian farmers are using oxytocin to boost the size of their fruits or vegetables ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 23, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 25, 2018)
Charles and Elizabeth Koch gave nearly half a million dollars to the House Speaker's fundraising ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 22, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 24, 2018)
A factually dubious story about wetland degradation published the opinions of an alligator chef ...
Written by: Dan Evon David Mikkelson
Feb. 22, 2016 (Updated: Jan. 22, 2018)
California did pass a law intended to increase voter turnout, but the state has not made it lega ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 15, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 19, 2018)
The rumor that the charitable foundation paid for Chelsea Clinton's 2010 wedding at Haiti's expe ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 19, 2018
The Arkansas Republican's office says such letters are "only used under extreme circumstances."
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 12, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 16, 2018)
The country's government, as well as a union representing the entire continent, called for an ap ...
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