Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 17, 2019
Some questioned whether the unconventional letter was authentic.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Oct. 17, 2019
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 17, 2019
Critics of the president seized on two supposed gaffes in October 2019. But what did Trump actua ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Oct. 17, 2019
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 16, 2019
Multiple websites saw an irony surrounding the death of Sean Buchanan in Colorado in August 2019.
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 16, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a Down Syndrome Awareness Month proclamation in October 2019.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 16, 2019
More to the point, does the “Ministry of High Technologies” even exist in Japan?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 16, 2019
Some forms of crime aren't as easy to pull off as they used to be.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 15, 2019
A video that aired during ABC News' coverage of Turkey's attack on Kurds in northern Syria drew ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 15, 2019
The beverage company has previously released advertisements in support of civilian protests.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 15, 2019
The claim rests on the existence of an invention allegedly capable of providing cheap energy to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 15, 2019
This spin-off of the well-known Nigerian prince fee scam sets its sights on outer space.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 15, 2019
A quickly deleted tweet may have reverberated online due to Russia's making other headlines in t ...
Written by: Bond Huberman
Oct. 14, 2019
An old, false claim was resurrected in a new blog post with the same basic, factual errors.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 14, 2019
A video showing a woman getting blown out of a cardboard box with dynamite is real ... but the f ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 14, 2019
Real photographs do exist of Donald Trump with the men arrested on suspicion of scheming to funn ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 14, 2019
Google is a search engine that provides links and definitions from reputable dictionaries.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 11, 2019
Conspiracy theorists outdid themselves in October 2019 in response to the Ukraine scandal that t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 11, 2019
An invasive species of fish is causing problems for wildlife officials in Georgia.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 10, 2019
Two prominent U.S. political families sniped at each other over alleged abuses of influence.
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