Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 30, 2020
A short, sketchy social media video created a misleading impression of forces called out to deal ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 30, 2020
"Arguments must be crude, clear, and forcible, and appeal to emotions and instincts, not the int ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 29, 2020
A video posted to U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook page drew instant criticism.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 29, 2020
The U.S. president's tweets about May 2020 protests of police in Minneapolis generated heated re ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 29, 2020
Questions surfaced about the possibility that a Minneapolis police officer knew the man who died ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 29, 2020
Plain T-shirts are a common target of photo-editing pranksters.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 29, 2020
The president's use of this infamous quote in May 2020 raised questions about its origins.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 29, 2020
As protests grew following the death of a black man while in police custody in May 2020, a viral ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 29, 2020
St. Paul Police Department issued a statement about the man depicted in the controversial video.
Written by: Jessica Lee
May 29, 2020
Comments the president made in 2017 resurfaced in May 2020 in the wake of the killing of George ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 28, 2020
The original comment was made by a public official in New Mexico.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 28, 2020
As protests broke out in Minneapolis after the death of a black man while in police custody in M ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
May 28, 2020
Social media posts in May 2020 claimed the incident was an example of the ballot-casting system' ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 27, 2020
Bureaucratic hurdles appeared to have prevented a hospital ship in New York City from being full ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 27, 2020
It's amazing (and kind of terrifying) how easy it is to spread baseless rumors.
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 27, 2020
A meme linked two separate events together to foment political controversy.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 26, 2020
It's definitely difficult to photograph a place that doesn't exist.
Written by: Jessica Lee
May 26, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly made the claim as states scrambled to establish new elect ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
May 26, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 26, 2020
An old story was given a coronavirus twist and recirculated on social media.
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