Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 26, 2020
Unverified, random tweets are not regarded as reliable sources by real journalists.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 25, 2020
Memorial Day is for honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died while serving in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 22, 2020
Hand sanitizer is definitely flammable ... but enough to start a car fire?
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 22, 2020
The fallout apparently began when U.S. President Donald Trump unfollowed Morgan on Twitter.
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 22, 2020
Is the president trying to confuse us?
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 22, 2020
The video recorded outside a shopping mall after a knife attack in 2019 shows officers using a T ...
Written by: Bond Huberman
May 22, 2020
Some rumors never die — they just grow new heads.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 22, 2020
The U.S. president went without a mask for much of his visit to a Ford manufacturing plant in Mi ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 21, 2020
A widely shared graphic paraphrased CDC recommendations that can be voluntarily adopted by schoo ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 21, 2020
"Conflating voters choosing not to cast their ballot with 'missing' ballots is a fundamental fla ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 21, 2020
This wasn't the first time the painting was mistaken as an official White House portrait.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 21, 2020
A years-old hoax recirculated in 2020 — this time with Gates' name attached to it.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 21, 2020
As Trump criticized voting by mail, some social media users shined a light on the president's ow ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 20, 2020
Giuliani tacitly echoed President Donald Trump's assertion that the COVID-19 coronavirus came fr ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 20, 2020
Two smartphone apps tracking the transmission of COVID-19 raised privacy questions — and where ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 20, 2020
Whether accurate or not, a quote shared online can quickly travel a long way away from its origi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 20, 2020
The New York governor was one of several state officials who were voted substantial, phased-in p ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 20, 2020
Bad blood between U.S. President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama may lead to the ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
May 20, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Jessica Lee
May 20, 2020
The concept was very on-brand during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020.
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