Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 4, 2019
Hyperdontia is a genuine medical condition, but take a close look at these images.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 4, 2019
Right-leaning web sites and Facebook pages shared an old meme that attributed a quotation to the ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 3, 2019
State officials said that the U.S. Department of Energy misled them before the radioactive mater ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 2, 2019
The United States is not the only part of the world dealing with an influx of refugees.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 2, 2019
The conservative social and political commentator even requested that her remarks about Timothy ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 1, 2019
Paula White, a member of Trump’s evangelical advisory committee, is a televangelist who preaches ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 1, 2019
A nine-year-old speech resurfaced online in January 2019, after the California Democrat announce ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 1, 2019
Apparently it's difficult to tell the difference between sand, mud, and human excrement from a d ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 31, 2019
"There are numerous curious laws in different countries of the African continent."
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 31, 2019
All eyes were glued to President Trump's Twitter account for a response.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 31, 2019
For some readers, the line between presidential satire and reality grows hazier every day.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 31, 2019
Scaremongering over New York's Reproductive Health Act reached fever pitch in January 2019.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 31, 2019
Complicated cases and issues are often reduced to simple narratives that further political agendas.
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 31, 2019
An online petition advocating the impeachment of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has garn ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 30, 2019
A picture of a Canadian man was repurposed online to prod social media users to think about how ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 30, 2019
A chain message made a series of questionable assertions about President Trump’s signature borde ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 30, 2019
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz renewed interest in a longstanding rumor about the former U. ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 30, 2019
This question comes up because many social media posts promising money for online interactions h ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 30, 2019
And if so, does he get an extra year in office to make up for it?
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 29, 2019
And where does the 'Pelosi Crime Family' fall on a scale of 'innocent' to 'Gambino'?
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