Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Sept. 30, 2025
"His words mislead, his attacks divide, and his greed for power is tearing this nation apart," P ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Sept. 30, 2025
According to the rumor, an octopus was "spotted off the coast of Portugal, hovering near a diver ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 30, 2025
There is also no proof that she had her husband, Charlie Kirk, killed.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Sept. 29, 2025
Conservative media outlets suggested undercover federal agents incited the insurrection. U.S. Pr ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 29, 2025
According to one popular YouTube video, Pope Leo XIV told parishioners God said about Trump, “Th ...
Written by: Megan Loe
Sept. 29, 2025
Facebook posts claimed Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson and George Strait were among the country music ...
Written by: William Kramer
Sept. 29, 2025 (Updated: Oct. 3, 2025)
The 1977 power ballad rocked the world, but some claim its big finale differs from how they reme ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Sept. 29, 2025
This claim did not receive a seal of approval.
Written by: Emery Winter
Sept. 28, 2025
The popular video isn't even of a meteor crater.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 28, 2025
According to the story, floodwaters trapped 23 kindergarteners inside the bus and their "terrifi ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Sept. 28, 2025
The rumor spread with an image supposedly showing a social media post by Charlie Kirk's widow. T ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 27, 2025
The slain conservative activist's comments, mostly from 2021, included Kirk asking of the U.S. O ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 27, 2025
Online users reposted the newspaper article from Feb. 4, 1939, following ABC's initial September ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 27, 2025
The author could not recall writing these words in her book "Downbelow Station."
Written by: Emery Winter
Sept. 27, 2025
The condition that became known as autism was described before the Tylenol brand was created. Au ...
Written by: William Kramer
Sept. 26, 2025
According to the story, Cowell had stepped off the judging panel and into the media battlefield.
Written by: Joey Esposito
Sept. 26, 2025
A social media meme began after U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 26, 2025
The White House press secretary did not launch a "verbal assault" on the singer and actress.
Written by: Jordan Liles
Sept. 25, 2025
According to the fake post image, the conservative activist remarked about people scratching the ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Sept. 25, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has suggested that the electric car manufacturer might produce a phone, but ...
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