Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 15, 2019
Sometimes it's difficult distinguishing which tweets are real and which are fake.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 15, 2019
Right-leaning U.S. websites grossly misrepresented advice given to the European Court of Justice ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2019
Source: “A finger or entire hand may have to be amputated three to four days after the bite."
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2019
The former commander-in-chief isn't exactly known for wearing flashy, graphic tees.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2019
We know this much: It is indeed possible to build a fire in an igloo for warmth and illumination.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 14, 2019
The sonnet on the Statue of Liberty welcomes the "huddled masses."
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 14, 2019
College-conscious readers asked about a potential money-saving program in August 2019.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2019
How many crude jokes can be stuffed into a single image?
Written by: Snopes Staff
Aug. 14, 2019
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 13, 2019
An Occupy Democrats meme quoted four presidents accurately, but misled readers by cherry-picking ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 13, 2019
Some viewers may be a little confused about what this video does and doesn't show.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 13, 2019
News, like food, is best consumed at the time it is prepared.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 13, 2019
Several groups of organisms that produce algal blooms also produce potentially deadly toxins.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 12, 2019
The claim that the disgraced financier was responsible for the Trumps' initial rendezvous came f ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 12, 2019
The claim comes from someone whose stated expertise on the topic is that in 1992 he repeatedly v ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 12, 2019
Quoting his wife: "Bernie, what's going on? Do you have any access to records?"
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 12, 2019
The segment prompted numerous rebuttals condemning the "maliciousness of the attack" on the lega ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 10, 2019
Sometimes alleged historical parallels that seem a bit too apt appear so because they actually t ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 9, 2019
A Facebook user with the moniker "Jerry Jerry" claimed to be the brother of Dayton, Ohio, victim ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 9, 2019
The infant’s parents died shielding the baby from the gunman’s bullets.
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