Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 12, 2019
Believe it or not, you can kneel on a football field without protesting something.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 12, 2019
A notorious producer of junk news tried to trick Facebook users into sharing a bogus meme.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 12, 2019
Eva Ramón Gallegos and her team have been pursuing the use of photodynamic therapy for 20 years.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 12, 2019
You can claim anything if you remove evidence from the equation.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 12, 2019
The new U.S. House member's critics can't seem to decide whether she has too much money or too l ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 11, 2019
A notorious junk news website added one more name to the list of 'Clinton body bags.'
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 11, 2019
The congressman from California is the frequent target of unfounded online rumors.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 11, 2019
What exactly did President Trump say — and what did he mean to say — at the 2019 National Prayer ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 11, 2019
If you're skeptical of conspiracy theorists when they're earnest, you certainly shouldn't take t ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 11, 2019
Such quantitative sounding claims are great for viral shares and page views but are meaningless ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 11, 2019
"Superflag" once held the title of largest flag in the world and was displayed at Hoover Dam -- ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 11, 2019
A notorious producer of junk news recycled an old quotation attributed to the veteran Hollywood ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 9, 2019
By Tacoma standards, Winter Storm Maya was indeed predicted to be a "snowpocalypse."
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 9, 2019
Another lame celebrity death hoax from the lamest of junk news sites.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 9, 2019
More lame "satire" about Muslims and terrorism from the lamest of junk news sites.
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 9, 2019
Any resemblance between Nazis dressed in white and the Democratic women of the U.S. House of Rep ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 9, 2019
"Is this real or satire?" was a question posed in response to a wave of cultural controversy in ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 9, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump used his 2019 State of the Union address to criticize the Democratic ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 8, 2019
American news programs aren't the only ones that discuss U.S. politics.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 8, 2019
The Fonzie character lives on -- and so does the actor who portrayed him, for now.
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