Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Feb. 4, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden made the claim in New York City while discussing gun violence and policing.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 4, 2022
From the maker of Johnson's Winking Glue and Arden Weenus Meat Softener comes Dickman's Horsefat ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 4, 2022
Readers shouldn't waste their time on these kinds of survey scams.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 4, 2022
The photo comparison made it to the top of the front page of Reddit on Feb. 4, 2022.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 4, 2022
The claim originated with a website that bills itself as "the most reliable source of fake news ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 3, 2022
At the time, horseless carriages in the U.K. could not exceed 4 mph, and had to be accompanied b ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 2, 2022 (Updated: Nov. 2, 2022)
Other versions of the same rumor claimed that the video instead showed Republican Rep. Andy Bigg ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 2, 2022
People might be looking at your LinkedIn profile, but the company won't be notifying you of the ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 2, 2022
An old quote resurfaced after the musician withdrew his work from Spotify over COVID-19 misinfor ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 2, 2022
This doctored message was widely spread by supporters of the "freedom convoy."
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 1, 2022
This rumor took us to the town of Santiponce, Spain, which is near Seville.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 31, 2022
The video showed 10 pills growing into a snake-like form above the flames from the stovetop that ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 31, 2022
Such emails claimed to offer a free membership in Experian IdentityWorks for four years.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 31, 2022
The original image didn't show Cobain, but it did show Andre the Giant with another celebrity.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 31, 2022
One Republican Congressman called the former president's remarks "massively un-American."
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 29, 2022
Romney supposedly tweeted that the first lady ought to win an Oscar for portraying "an Alzheimer ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 29, 2022
Yes, but only under a really high-powered microscope.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 28, 2022
Two different episodes — and some altered audio — were cut together to make this "prediction."
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 28, 2022
To find answers, we turned to the video's creator: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist Kevi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 27, 2022
Some 300 trucks did participate in a "Freedom Convoy" in Canada to protest COVID-19 vaccine mand ...
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