Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 24, 2021
The 16th century Reformation leader also condemned those who "distain the use of medicines" and ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 24, 2021
A genuine video of people being executed in 2013 was re-shared as if it were related to summer 2 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 24, 2021
From USDA: "Food production and manufacturing are widely dispersed throughout the U.S., and ther ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 23, 2021
Chaotic evacuation efforts were underway amidst the Taliban takeover.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 23, 2021
Red-eared sliders can live for decades, as these ones have.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 23, 2021
Toast, on the other hand, appears to be allowed.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Aug. 23, 2021
Memes claimed that vaccinated people were therefore contributing to the mid-summer COVID-19 surge.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 23, 2021
This photograph came from a "graduation" event of a Taliban group called Badri 313.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 20, 2021
Vaccine-skeptical outlets took a voluntary vaccination drive in New South Wales and distorted it ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 20, 2021
Such accounts are banned or being removed from Facebook and YouTube.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 20, 2021
Isolated cashiers' errors in 2019 continue to stir up concerns in 2021.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Aug. 20, 2021
The supposed tweet came after the fundamentalist group took over Afghanistan in August 2021.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 19, 2021
Yes, but this image does not represent what life was like for the majority of Afghan women durin ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 19, 2021
The spokesman faced a question about freedom of speech in Afghanistan.
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 19, 2021
In the midst of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, a bogus, 12-year-old prayer ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 18, 2021
In August 2021, news outlets and commentators reacted with outrage to Gov. Kate Brown's signing ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 18, 2021
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is a key public figure for the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 18, 2021
The picture isn't even from the United States.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 18, 2021
A humorous video was repurposed and shared as if it was connected to a real (and deadly) inciden ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Aug. 17, 2021
We don't recommend basing broad and declarative conclusions on two seemingly cherry-picked pictu ...
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