Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 27, 2022
She didn't say it, but it's possible she thought it.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 27, 2022
The fake tweet was in a Reddit post entitled "13/6/2024."
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 25, 2022
Here is the evidence we gathered after readers asked us to confirm whether this viral tweet was ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 25, 2022
A reminder that cultural norms vary from country to country.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 25, 2022
We received inquiries from readers who were looking for more details about the videos.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 24, 2022
Facebook users copied and pasted posts that mentioned 988, which truly is the first nationwide t ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 24, 2022
The genuine text message mentioned a T-Mobile data breach from 2021 and said recipients were "el ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 23, 2022
If it looks too cool to be real, it probably is.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 22, 2022
The quote is shared widely.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 21, 2022
Here's how we figured out that this popular picture had been doctored.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 21, 2022
This wasn't the first time the text had been shared as if it came from a Republican member of th ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 21, 2022
Another death hoax comes our way.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 21, 2022
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission first warned about this scam in 2020.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 19, 2022
"I thought they were joking and laughed before I realized they were serious," the Reddit user wh ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 19, 2022
... For a “memory drug”?
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 18, 2022
Social media posts claimed that the video was a real commercial for the Pop Rocks candy product ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 18, 2022
The rumor stemmed from a since-deleted Facebook post.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 17, 2022
While we did find that Google Earth hosted the image of the airplane and ocean, the truth of the ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Oct. 14, 2022
The Nazi leader’s nomination in 1939 was not meant to be taken seriously.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Oct. 13, 2022
There's no shortage of misleading online memes about electric vehicles.
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