Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 21, 2020
TikTok video commenters expressed surprise and anxiety over the reality of visiting a drive-thru.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 21, 2020
The first halftime show featured marching bands, jet packs, and hundreds of pigeons.
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Dec. 21, 2020
The picture was something straight out of a horror flick.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Dec. 20, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 20, 2020
As of this writing, U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to reckon publicly with his loss to Joe ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 20, 2020
Tennessee critical care nurse Tiffany Dover became the target of vaccine misinformation as the r ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 20, 2020
A fake tweet was mocked up to make it appear that U.S. President Donald Trump had posted it.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 20, 2020
A piece of clickbait went viral but didn't deliver what the headline claimed.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 19, 2020
Social media posts are untrue: no persons who received COVID-19 vaccine in Alabama have died.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 19, 2020
Eagle-eyed viewers spotted an American Airlines ticket in the trash in the 1990 Christmas movie ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 19, 2020
Prediction or coincidence?
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 19, 2020
Everyone knows it's the other way around.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 19, 2020
A headline from December 2020 claimed "customers are so mad" after Costco Wholesale made "the mo ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 19, 2020
"The Beverly Hillbillies" remained a popular TV series up to the end, but it drew the wrong type ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 19, 2020
Videos posted to TikTok purportedly showed a "stash" of PlayStation 5 video game consoles hidden ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 19, 2020
An 80-page story said that a "deeply shocking," "haunting," and "spine-chilling" new discovery h ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 18, 2020
Tweets claiming to be authored by a pharmacist assert that a decline in Tamiflu sales proves COV ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 18, 2020
If they had, we're pretty sure you'd hear about it from a source more credible than this blurry ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 18, 2020
TikTok videos purported that the Bing search engine was displaying news that said China was plan ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 18, 2020
The 2020 has been wild, but not quite that wild.
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