Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
June 9, 2020
A video of Trump saying "I can't breathe" led to questions about whether he was mocking the deat ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 9, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
June 9, 2020
A May 2020 Obama Foundation tweet became the focus of a new conspiracy theory.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 9, 2020
More than a mile of fencing was put up around the White House amid protests against police bruta ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 9, 2020
A street that underwent a change in honor of civil rights protests is near the White House.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 9, 2020
In June 2020, New Zealand lifted all social distancing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pand ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 8, 2020
"Per capita" means the average per person and is often used in place of "per person" in statisti ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 8, 2020
Social media posts showed someone slashed the tires on nearly all of the cars parked at a Minnea ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 8, 2020
Cruz criticized Democratic political leaders for what he perceived to be leniency.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
June 8, 2020
The use of tear gas by police against anti-police-brutality protesters in the spring of 2020 cam ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 8, 2020
Contrasting the number of hours involved in two very different types of training is misleading.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 8, 2020
The Trump campaign launched the "Army for Trump" website in March 2020.
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 8, 2020
Romney was likely the first Republican U.S. Senator to participate in ongoing civil rights prote ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 8, 2020
The Lincoln Memorial is one of a few national landmarks that some say were graffitied recently.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 7, 2020
The graphic was used to illustrate market reactions to historic periods of civil unrest.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 7, 2020
A plea that dozens of horses are destined for slaughter if adopters are not found for them soon ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 5, 2020
Amid vague rumors about "antifa" infiltrating Black Lives Matter protests and inciting violence, ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 5, 2020
Indeed, he did. We reached out to Twitter to find out why.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 5, 2020
The Asheville police chief later said the incident “embarrassed our city and our department.”
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
June 5, 2020
#WendysIsOverParty trended on social media following rumors that the fast food chain's CEO donat ...
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