Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 10, 2018
Three women who have suffered grievously deserve more respect than to be made the subject of jap ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 10, 2018
Speculation regarding a pair of girls who disappeared in 1983 mounted again after some grisly fi ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 10, 2018
Eastwood made something approximating this remark in 2012, following his appearance in support o ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 9, 2018
Criticisms of four 2018 Democratic election winners included in a meme are mostly subjective or ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 9, 2018
In response to Trump's tweet claiming that he has no such financial interests, social media user ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 9, 2018
A pro-life web site misrepresented the pro-choice Arizona Democrat's voting record on partial-bi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 9, 2018
Hy-Vee grocery stores are not distributing free $80 off coupons as part of an anniversary promotion.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 8, 2018
A right-wing Facebook "fan page" riled its users up with nothing more than a picture of the libe ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 8, 2018
Social media users engaged in another round of whataboutism by claiming (falsely) that a video s ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 8, 2018
A Facebook post claiming that news outlets ignored the Young Black Leadership Summit ignored sev ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 7, 2018
Some members of the caravan accepted the offer, some spurned it, and some returned home.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2018
This isn't exactly what we mean when we refer to a "photo booth."
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2018
"Jokes are created by users." But not necessarily good jokes.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2018
Might be the most expensive thing anyone ever bought for the purpose of destroying it.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 7, 2018
A television news crew was inconsiderate in blocking handicapped parking spaces but didn't actua ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 7, 2018
Biden spoke in March 2014 in the context of initiatives aimed at extending President Obama’s Def ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 7, 2018
Some news reports got certain important details wrong about a State Department payment to the Se ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 6, 2018
Social media users speculated that something nefarious was behind apparent changes in the displa ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 6, 2018
A notorious junk news web site grossly distorted comments made by Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 6, 2018
Conspiracy-pushing blogs seized on a Slovenian "report" and conflated separate refugee aid prog ...
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