Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 22, 2022
The latest febrile QAnon fantasy from a prolific producer of content labeled "satire."
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 21, 2022
An intriguing claim was shared widely online during the build-up to the 2022 Super Bowl.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 21, 2022
Ghostface, meet peanut-eyed ghost.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 20, 2022
There's a microchip worth of truth in this bit of parody.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 20, 2022
We took a closer look at an online story that teased a picture of Parker Schnabel, a cast member ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 20, 2022
The soldier's skull had been broken in battle.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 20, 2022
Critics of the Republican Senate Minority Leader accused him of "saying the quiet part loud," af ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 20, 2022
Singer Joan Baez painted a portrait of Dr. Anthony Fauci to "honor you and all you are doing for ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 20, 2022
Unions criticized the idea as a dangerous “brain fart.”
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 20, 2022
A definitive link between COVID-19 vaccines and an increased risk of Bell's palsy has not been p ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 20, 2022
The number of false COVID-19 vaccine death rumors outpaces the number of actually COVID-19 vacci ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 20, 2022
For starters, the "police bulletin" was not a real police bulletin.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 19, 2022
California's population boom came to a screeching halt during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Jan. 19, 2022
The bill was said to require a "kill switch" that law enforcement could use to "shut your car off."
Written by: Jordan Liles
Jan. 19, 2022
A quote attributed to Frank began: "Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news."
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 18, 2022
A Swedish company has created scannable digital implants that act as vaccine passports.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 18, 2022
Australians have been subjected to a flood of COVID-related disinformation since the pandemic began.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 18, 2022
While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies can't be forced to implement national vaccinat ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Jan. 18, 2022
Spoiler alert: The news media do not write, regulate, or pass legislation.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Jan. 17, 2022
A state Board of Health meeting was inundated with comments after claims circulated about them.
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