Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 27, 2019
Supporters of U. S. President Donald Trump gleefully shared a social media post that suggested i ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 27, 2019
Three Democratic senators reached out to Yuriy Lutsenko, the prosecutor general of Ukraine, in M ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 26, 2019
A purported flag-burning incident in Switzerland is wanting of real facts.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 26, 2019
Commenting on something in the past is not the same as predicting something in the future.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 26, 2019
A wild conspiracy theory holds that musician Jimi Hendrix faked his death and is now living as a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 25, 2019
The government has not historically been interested in tracking the wear of citizens' automobile ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 25, 2019
The cable network issued an apology for a statement made on one of its programs.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 25, 2019
For nearly a century, people have made the mistake of claiming that a quotation about Lincoln wa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 25, 2019
Detractors have been searching for an ulterior motive behind teenager Greta Thunberg's climate a ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 24, 2019
The teenage climate activist's high-profile speeches in Congress and the United Nations prompted ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 24, 2019
Social media users said restaurants in some locations were refusing to deliver to union halls.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 24, 2019
Social media posts used some out-of-date images from different locations to challenge the presid ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 24, 2019
CEO of Kik Interactive Ted Livingston made a major announcement in late September 2019 in a Medi ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 24, 2019
The question gets at the heart of whether an African American currently leads the executive bran ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 24, 2019
Context is important when assessing viral internet claims.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 23, 2019
A misleading summary of a legal argument made by the president's lawyers was converted into a di ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 23, 2019
If you think this is scary, you ought to check out some of Iron Maiden's album covers.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Sept. 23, 2019
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 20, 2019
Regardless of the authenticity of this picture, we're not sure it lives up to being the "mother ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 20, 2019
An Associated Press article from 1989 is popular among climate-change deniers.
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