Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 21, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 23, 2017)
An alleged Facebook post from the widow about a controversial condolence call was "published" at ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 20, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 21, 2017)
An early morning tweet from Donald Trump contains a basic factual error and a grossly misleading ...
Written by: Megan Alpert Kim LaCapria
Oct. 20, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 23, 2017)
A spate of blog posts attempted to link the rape of a 10-year-old girl in her home to laws allow ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 9, 2016 (Updated: Oct. 19, 2017)
A popular meme about the Bladensburg Cross claimed that "liberals" were "offended" by the WWI me ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 17, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 18, 2017)
Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar Called U.S. President Donald Trump's claim "fake news."
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 18, 2015 (Updated: Oct. 18, 2017)
An urban legend about the "Game of 72" became the "48-hour challenge," this time holding that te ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 24, 2016 (Updated: Nov. 16, 2017)
Allegations of a "quid pro quo" deal giving Russia ownership of one-fifth of U.S. uranium deposi ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 22, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 17, 2017)
A much-reproduced quote from the former Speaker of the House about the passage of the Affordable ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 13, 2017
A left-leaning web site correctly points out that the President joked around during the playing ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Sept. 18, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 11, 2017)
Web sites misstate what would happen under a bill that was signed into law on 6 October 2017.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 7, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 12, 2017)
Dubious and fake news web sites reported, without a shred of evidence, that the security guard h ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 5, 2017
An apparent altercation between concert-goers was blown out of proportion, and the witness who r ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 3, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 7, 2017)
Official reports seem to corroborate an online allegation that Hurricane Maria's death toll has ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia Dan MacGuill
Oct. 2, 2017
Reports that truck drivers are on strike in Puerto Rico are false -- Teamsters have asked mainla ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 28, 2017 (Updated: Sept. 29, 2017)
The Trump administration did not implement a Department of State policy that was widely rumored ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 21, 2017 (Updated: Sept. 29, 2017)
While the science underpinning the concept is valid, its application remains wholly theoretical ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 28, 2017 (Updated: Sept. 29, 2017)
A viral photograph shows a man kneeling and recording a video at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 25, 2017 (Updated: Sept. 28, 2017)
A "satirical" web site published a false claim that certain NFL teams issued refunds to a majori ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 24, 2016 (Updated: Sept. 27, 2017)
For much of the NFL's history, players weren't present on the field during the playing of "The S ...
Written by: David Emery
May 9, 2017 (Updated: Sept. 26, 2017)
Contrary to Internet rumor, the home improvement maven isn't quitting the HGTV show to start her ...
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