Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 6, 2020
The drone program has ratcheted up with each successive administration.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 6, 2020
Attaching a celebrity's name to a piece of text is one way to help it go viral.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 6, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 6, 2020
A spectacular image of red-tinted clouds at sunset was repurposed to connect it with 2020 bushfi ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 6, 2020
"Recruiters from coast to coast are reporting that they have lines out the door and around the b ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 6, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 5, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 5, 2020
“Every wedding ring here represents a home broken and a human murdered by the Germans."
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 5, 2020
The amount of the bounty is supposedly based on Iran's population.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 5, 2020
Composite images created from multiple data inputs are often mistaken for literal photographs.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 4, 2020
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 3, 2020
A meme claims the televangelist once remarked that Jews could avoid slaughter if they became Chr ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 3, 2020
The three most common types of sex trafficking are escort services, residential (locations), and ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 3, 2020
The claim suggests the U.S. president's son was privy to information about the drone attack that ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 3, 2020
Relatively obscure websites plagiarized the ACLU's accurate summary of an ongoing court battle i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 3, 2020
Some drew comparisons to President Donald Trump's ordered airstrike that killed an Iranian gener ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 3, 2020
Internet pranks are not confined to April Fools' Day.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 2, 2020
Facebook users widely shared a list of principles that some claimed was a "manifesto" written by ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 2, 2020
There may be a few tricks up these steel wool sleeves.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 2, 2020
His family responded to reports about the singer's health.
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