Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 9, 2019
The infant’s parents died shielding the baby from the gunman’s bullets.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 9, 2019
A “friend of a friend” does not a compelling source make.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 9, 2019
Attention turned to gun-violence prevention measures in the wake of a spate of mass shootings in ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 8, 2019
The picture does show a homeless encampment in California, not too far from San Francisco.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Aug. 7, 2019
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 7, 2019
Biden reportedly made the gaffe during a campaign event in San Diego, California.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 7, 2019
News reports in summer 2019 got many of the basic facts right about some planned defense-budget ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 7, 2019
Remember the children's "telephone" game, whereby a message passed from one person to another en ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 7, 2019
Nine people were killed by a gunman in Dayton, Ohio, in early August 2019.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 6, 2019
A viral rumor spread in the wake of a deadly mass shooting in Texas in August 2019.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 6, 2019
We know that the CEO of Bang Energy is a supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 6, 2019
The "Fox and Friends" host was defending President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against claims of racism.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 6, 2019
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 6, 2019
The number of mass shootings varies greatly depending on how such shootings are defined.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 6, 2019
In the wake of two back-to-back mass shootings in the U.S., some question whether certain statem ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 5, 2019
The photos were taken at “Kentucky's biggest political picnic.”
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 5, 2019
An incoherent conspiracy theory failed to take into account the ubiquity of coincidences.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 5, 2019
A viral hoax claimed immigration authorities were checking citizenship status of El Paso shootin ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 5, 2019
The accused Dayton gunman promoted several progressive causes and candidates.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 5, 2019
El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles reportedly posted a statement to his personal Facebook page.
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