Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 5, 2018
A viral tweet over-simplified a complicated 2014 episode in the context of the 2018 "migrant car ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 5, 2018
A shocking tale of taking the law into one's own hands.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 5, 2018
Churchill opined about many things, but the impact of aging on how much one cares about what oth ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 5, 2018
The rock icon publicly explained the song's link to the "Little Rock Nine" at a 2016 concert.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 5, 2018
Elvis’s doctor faced immense criticism over his excessive prescription practices, but it's unlik ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 5, 2018
Do not confuse marketing strategies with the dictates of a long-dead company founder.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 5, 2018
Sometimes much smaller road maintenance issues languish for years in an unfixed state, and then ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 4, 2018
A viral tweet misrepresented the nature (and consequences) of a bureaucratic decision made by th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 4, 2018
Some viewers saw the words "Treason for the Season" in a Fox News Christmas graphic due to the p ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 4, 2018
An assistant at a Honolulu school was fired after somehow confusing the cleaning liquid for a "s ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 4, 2018
The forty-first President of the United States allegedly uttered the statement in response to a ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 4, 2018
Gen. Barry McCaffrey also asserted that the president was "under the sway" of his Russian counte ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 4, 2018
The online streaming service caused consternation in December 2018 when they briefly signalled t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 4, 2018
A genuine advertisement for Smirnoff vodka used the tagline "Made in America but we'd be happy t ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 3, 2018
While there are myriad arguments to be made that the legislation contributed to expansion of for ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 3, 2018
A photograph taken near the border spurred disturbing comparisons to atrocities committed by Naz ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 3, 2018
A viral video has the internet wondering about the child Eminem once sang an ode to.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 3, 2018
Claims of dangerous pesticides “above the legal limit” in tea products rely on incorrect or misl ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 3, 2018
Enypniastes eximia is a sea cucumber that looks a bit like a “chicken just before you put it in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 3, 2018
"Maybe selling pure meth is illegal, but surely it's okay as part of a beneficial energy drink."
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