Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 9, 2020
This long-used word has been the bane of many a pedant.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 9, 2020
This cat wasn't going to risk any of its nine lives.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 9, 2020
A fake tweet fooled some.
Written by: Snopes Staff
July 9, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 9, 2020
It's a bird, it's a plane — it's an eagle carrying a shark?
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 8, 2020
Aaliyah Norris died two days after suffering a single gunshot wound to the head while sitting in ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 8, 2020
The U.S. president's daughter drew harsh criticism in India after tweeting support for an impove ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 8, 2020
The rapper and entrepreneur said that he wanted to re-appropriate the flag.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 8, 2020
President Donald Trump has called the U.S. territory “one of the most corrupt places on Earth.”
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 8, 2020
The Minnesota congresswoman is one of the first Muslim women to serve in Congress and is the fre ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 8, 2020
A chain of grocery stores on the east coast became the subject of internet rumors in June 2020.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 8, 2020
At some universities, international students account for a third of the undergraduate student bo ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 8, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic was blamed for removing coins from circulation, as well as slowing product ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
July 8, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2020
Not all women with short, dark hair are Ghislaine Maxwell.
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 7, 2020
It's difficult to make a nonexistent vaccine mandatory.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2020
Sharing a first name is not the same as sharing an identity.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 7, 2020
Mukwege, a renowned gynecologist, did resign from his position with the task force responding to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 7, 2020
This conspiracy theory makes absolutely no sense.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 7, 2020
An MSNBC analysis of incomplete data resulted in misunderstandings.
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