Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 1, 2021
Robert Golwitzer Jr. was arrested in June 2021, after what news reports claimed was a dispute ov ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 1, 2021
Quentin Tarantino’s comments about the martial arts legend and “American stuntmen” raised contro ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 1, 2021
We believe in genuine photographs, not doctored anti-vaccine propaganda.
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 30, 2021
A LinkedIn post conflated two different ice cream-related incidents.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 30, 2021
"We're working on fixing it," a representative for Twitter tweeted.
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 30, 2021
A TikTok video raised speculation about why Disney stopped piping underwater audio into a Florid ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 30, 2021
The scam emails are not official correspondence from the United States Postal Service.
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 30, 2021
Unsolicited emails that appeared as a fake Fox News article led to a Keto Burn scam that had no ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 30, 2021
Won't somebody think of the mannequins!
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 30, 2021
A widely shared tweet claimed to show "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris viridis" — a new species of the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 30, 2021
Is this the most famous non-basket in NBA history?
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 29, 2021
A social media meme mischaracterized business tax practices.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 29, 2021
The video is real, the goal was good, but the "sports bra"?
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 29, 2021
Surely not ... ?
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
June 29, 2021
The one-helmet policy was initially adopted in 2013.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 29, 2021
What else would you call a flying lizard other than a dragon?
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 29, 2021
Sometimes all the news doesn't fit because it's too small.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 29, 2021
The hammer thrower from St. Louis, Missouri said she was taking a stand against racial injustice ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 29, 2021
A dipygus, according to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, is "a teratological fetus with a double pe ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 28, 2021
You might get in trouble if you say "völliger Bockmist" at Wimbledon.
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