Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 18, 2021
Gaffes do not determine transitions of power.
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 18, 2021
Inflammatory posts misleadingly conflated two separate organizations.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 18, 2021
A high value deal does not translate into an individual’s net worth.
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 18, 2021
The "bad day" remarks in question came from Capt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office i ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 18, 2021
Long was arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing eight people of mostly Asian descent at A ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 18, 2021
March 2021 internet outrage over a Jan. 25 executive order was more spectacle than substance.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
March 18, 2021
“Anyone who has had an injection, vaccination, or surgery has benefited from horseshoe crabs!”
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 18, 2021
We also transcribed more of Baker's purported "had a bad day" remarks in reference to the motive ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 18, 2021
Despite suggestions to the contrary, the president of the United States exists in a corporeal form.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 17, 2021
A widely-shared photograph suggested one of the Canadian company's restaurants was offering a di ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 17, 2021
In March 2021, a remarkably prescient page from a 24-year-old comic book resurfaced on social me ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
March 17, 2021
The former president had called into Fox on March 16 to talk about issues unrelated to the Atlan ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 17, 2021
Claiming suspects in high-profile crimes are "registered Democrats" is a long-running disinforma ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
March 17, 2021
Readers inquired about rumors that claimed Lyft and Uber would be offering free rides to impaire ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2021
While police investigated the motive behind the shooting deaths of eight people in Atlanta, soci ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2021
The viral screenshot was circulated again in 2021 during an online argument with rapper Cardi B.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 16, 2021
In early 2021, social media users enthusiastically shared a hyperpartisan meme that vastly overs ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 16, 2021
A remark made by U.S. President Joe Biden during a CNN town hall was taken out of context.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2021
This is not the sort of cow dropping people are typically worried about.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
March 16, 2021
The fire reportedly caused a quarter of a million dollars in damage.
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