Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 12, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 19, 2018)
Yes, people really are putting laundry detergent in their mouths and posting videos online.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 8, 2018
A Twitter account posing as the E! cable network fabricated "forgiveness" statements by both Swi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 13, 2017 (Updated: Jan. 4, 2018)
A photograph of President Trump signing an executive order was doctored to include a fake message.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 28, 2017 (Updated: Jan. 3, 2018)
The Trump administration scaled back an Obama-era policy of levying heavy fines against nursing ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 2, 2018
Clickbait headlines suggesting a future without chocolate were based on a distorted reading of e ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 29, 2017 (Updated: Jan. 8, 2018)
A California man's account brought to light one of the lesser-known aftereffects of the fatal storm.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Sept. 11, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 28, 2017)
A web site passed off a video shot in Canada in 2011 as "live footage" of a storm that lashed Fl ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Oct. 29, 2014 (Updated: Dec. 28, 2017)
What began as a story about a domestic violence victim's purported call to 911 "for a pizza" evo ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 26, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 27, 2017)
The story about the United Parcel Service losing an inheritance check has been sensationalized f ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 22, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 21, 2017)
Some iOS upgrades have slowed down the processor speed of some older iPhone models, but not for ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 19, 2017
Hoboken mayor-elect Ravi Bhalla is Sikh, not Muslim, and he didn't ban the word "Christmas."
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 7, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 18, 2017)
The incident, which included police orders and threats of arrest, was captured on video.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 15, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 17, 2017)
Although Robert Mueller is a Vietnam veteran, a viral photograph doesn't actually show the forme ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 12, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 14, 2017)
Upsetting footage captured on Canada's Baffin Island is authentic, but the role of climate chang ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 13, 2017
Native American activists published several elaborate fake web sites as a "satirical action" aga ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 9, 2017
A viral Facebook warning alleges a risk of chemical burn from a popular “Hatchimal” bath bomb pr ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 7, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 8, 2017)
While people naturally want to help animals, experts advise that "it's just better not to have a ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 5, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 6, 2017)
The retailer removed the shirt after receiving a complaint from the Radio Television Digital New ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 17, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 5, 2017)
Despite rumors, there was no "stand-down" order issued to police overseeing a white supremacist ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 20, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 5, 2017)
The House of Representatives version would, the Senate version would not.
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