Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 24, 2020
An old myth holds that waking a sleepwalker could cause serious harm.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 23, 2020
One would think poor people are most at risk around food insecurity.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Oct. 23, 2020
Epidemiologists view a COVID-19 vaccine — which isn't yet available — as one of the best ways to ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 23, 2020
"A perfect metaphor for the Trump presidency," critics claimed. What really happened?
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 23, 2020
And is the home of world's most famous fictional paper company real?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 22, 2020
In two debates, U.S. President Donald Trump mistakenly conflated a remark made by Joe Biden with ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 22, 2020
A Trump spokesperson claimed the Biden campaign withdrew an ad featuring Michigan businessman Jo ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Oct. 22, 2020
Cats have a reputation for disobeying their owners — why would they start listening now?
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 22, 2020
Conspiracies are often in the eye of the beholder.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 22, 2020
The feline was carved into a slope by ancient South Americans before the arrival of Europeans in ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Oct. 22, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett had been described by advocacy groups as “hostile t ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 22, 2020
Social media users twisted Biden's words from a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 1985 by om ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 22, 2020
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell became a topic of speculation after photographs seem ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 22, 2020
A "composite image" is a combination of two different photographs.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 21, 2020
A meme implied a nefarious link between financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 21, 2020
It's difficult to make a rousing speech when you do not exist.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Oct. 20, 2020
The president repeatedly blamed the U.S. House Speaker for not caring about Americans since she ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 20, 2020
The incident was witnessed by co-workers preparing for election night coverage.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 20, 2020
A manipulated image was just a lil bit misleading.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 20, 2020
It appears that some social media users misheard — or misrepresented — a remark made during an ...
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