Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 14, 2020
The president has been accused of forgetting the people behind the coronavirus case numbers.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 14, 2020
A claim alleges the World Health Organization found that vegetarians are unaffected by COVID-19 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 14, 2020
The tragic story of a 7-year-old's killing was spun into racist misinformation shared on neo-Naz ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 14, 2020
Inflammatory, fabricated quotes have been making their way around social media.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 14, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci has led the NIAID for more than three decades, advising five U.S. presidents o ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
May 14, 2020
Anti-vaccine advocates, including Dr. Rashid Buttar, have seized on the COVID-19 coronavirus pan ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 13, 2020
It's difficult to believe that bin Laden took time to pop over to New York to attend black tie a ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 13, 2020
The U.S. House Speaker is the frequent target of inflammatory fake quotes.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 13, 2020
A false Republican talking point was encapsulated in a fake tweet attributed to President Donald ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 13, 2020
Jerome Adams' comments from early 2020 were re-shared and went viral months after he changed his ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
May 13, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 13, 2020
Another fake headline apparently designed to generate real outrage.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 13, 2020
Tactics and key policy decisions were laid out in a 69-page National Security Council playbook o ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 13, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused prices for meat and proteins to climb across the board.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 13, 2020
Over the span of 18 months, the 1968 influenza pandemic killed approximately 100,000 people in t ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 12, 2020
Sometimes it is all too easy for us to consider deaths as a mere abstraction or statistic — as s ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
May 12, 2020
Someone apparently was hell-bent on scaring families with false rumors during the already stress ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 12, 2020
For the record, Americans without disabilities are not protected by the federal Americans with D ...
Written by: Jessica Lee
May 12, 2020
Viral posts claimed that proposed legislation by U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush would supersede constituti ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 12, 2020
Involuntary measures to control disease have a long history in North America.
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