Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 1, 2020
Such individuals have made repeated warnings about U.S. readiness in the event of a pandemic.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 1, 2020
Sandra the orangutan loves to wash her hands. We should all be more like Sandra.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 1, 2020
After Sen. Mitch McConnell suggested the government's response to the initial coronavirus outbre ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 1, 2020
A viral meme suggested the performing arts center "laundered" money for the DNC instead of payin ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 31, 2020
Critics have questioned the wisdom of exporting to China medical supplies that would soon be vit ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 31, 2020
A circulating text message warning about a scam was itself fraudulent.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 31, 2020
"Las Vegas is now packing people into concrete grids out of sight," one critic proclaimed.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 31, 2020
Rumors claimed that U.S. representatives were using coronavirus aid legislation to give themselv ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 31, 2020
A strange sight for strange times.
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 31, 2020
Social media posts painted a misleading picture about the plan for distributing ventilators amid ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 31, 2020
The year 2020 was not the first time public places were ordered closed to prevent the spread of ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 30, 2020
A blog post asserting that people responded well to an experimental COVID-19 treatment is in no ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 30, 2020
Seoul is home to more people than any U.S. city, but not nearly as many as President Trump claim ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 30, 2020
Adding multiple false entries to an old list doesn't make it any more credible.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 30, 2020
A "quote" shared widely during the COVID-19 pandemic may have felt timely, but that is probably ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 30, 2020
Scam text messages purporting to be from the U.K. government informed recipients they had been i ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 28, 2020
Pranksters no longer need spend time with Photoshop to create convincing fake tweets.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 27, 2020
It appears something got lost in translation here.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 27, 2020
Shelter-in-place orders amid the coronavirus pandemic may have given wildlife — and our imagina ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 27, 2020
A statement by the president was misleadingly represented in a quote meme.
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