Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 11, 2021
No senators were slimed in the making of this satire.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Feb. 11, 2021
Social media posts claimed impeachment prosecutors ignored a key fact.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 10, 2021
You can certainly find people claiming to sell them.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Feb. 10, 2021
Adding new words is not the same as banishing the old ones.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 10, 2021
The U.S. Coast Guard typically flies over a number of deserted islands between Florida and Cuba ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 10, 2021
A Confederate monument in Georgia attributed a stirring quotation to the famous British statesma ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Feb. 10, 2021
The local Michigan GOP censured Shirkey for pushing false conspiracy theories.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 10, 2021
A misleading online advertisement purported to break big business news about Costco Wholesale.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Feb. 10, 2021
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 10, 2021
Denying reality won't stop it from happening.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 9, 2021
The event was witnessed by a plant employee viewing the shared desktop of a computer that contro ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
Feb. 9, 2021
"My loneliness is killing me, I must confess I still believe."
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Feb. 9, 2021
Manatees appear to have harnessed the energy-saving power of their manatoots.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 9, 2021
Fortunately, the nuclear football did not yet exist in the 1920s.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 9, 2021
Some obvious jokes aren't so obvious.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 9, 2021
An online advertisement with a picture of actress Jessica Biel promised a "surprising" list of H ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
Feb. 9, 2021
Here's the origin story of the famous post-Super Bowl advertising slogan.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Feb. 9, 2021
An ominous online advertisement displayed pictures of raw meat and teased supposedly revealing i ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Feb. 9, 2021
People want White House greetings on all kinds of occasions.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 9, 2021
A viral quotation has been around online for years, but only belatedly was the Hollywood star's ...
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