Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Jack Izzo
Sept. 14, 2025
One pro-Israel account on social media, exaggerating the scope of the boycott, claimed stars "si ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Sept. 14, 2025
The rumor traces back to a speech Trump delivered during a 2019 joint press conference with Ital ...
Written by: Megan Loe
Sept. 13, 2025
"Alan Dershowitz admitted…that he got Vanity Fair to shift coverage away from Jeffrey Epstein an ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Sept. 13, 2025
Vance made the comparison in a text message that his former roommate shared with the public in 2022.
Written by: Megan Loe
Sept. 12, 2025
Posts sharing the rumor included links in comments to ad-filled stories about Hayes' alleged dep ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Sept. 12, 2025
The claim spread on social media without any evidence to support it.
Written by: Rae Deng
Sept. 12, 2025
Tyler Robinson, 22, registered to vote in 2021, but at the time of his arrest, he was listed in ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Sept. 12, 2025
"Tyler Robinson" is a more common name than social media users would lead you to believe.
Written by: Megan Loe Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 12, 2025
The Turning Point USA co-founder and conservative commentator was fatally shot while speaking at ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
Sept. 12, 2025
During a 2024 podcast episode, Kirk said, "If I see a Black pilot, I'm gonna be like, 'Boy, I ho ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
Sept. 12, 2025
Hortman, a Democrat who had served as speaker of the Minnesota House, was assassinated in June 2025.
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Sept. 12, 2025
He was talking specifically about Michelle Obama, Joy Reid, Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
Sept. 12, 2025
Hundreds attended a candlelit vigil for Charlie Kirk, the conservative commentator who was fatal ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
Sept. 12, 2025
Social media users shared an AI-generated video that animated an authentic image and added minor ...
Written by: Rae Deng
Sept. 12, 2025
According to posts circulating online, this mountain lion decided it didn't want to be a lone wo ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Sept. 12, 2025
"No business & no individual should fear fools like this," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrote on X.
Written by: Megan Loe
Sept. 11, 2025 (Updated: Sept. 12, 2025)
The conservative activist's quote about the landmark legislation circulated online after he was ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Sept. 11, 2025
Kirk also said he thought the attack was "awful."
Written by: Anna Rascouët-Paz
Sept. 11, 2025
In 2023, Kirk said "Jews have been some of the largest funders of cultural Marxist ideas and sup ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Sept. 11, 2025
The feel-good rumor was just as fake in September 2025 as it was in March the same year.
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