Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 29, 2018
Eager conspiracy theorists wrenched a photograph of two former soccer teammates out of context, ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 29, 2018
Cesar Sayoc, Jr., the alleged anti-Democrat mail bomber, was a stripper at various points in his ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 29, 2018
A Twitter user shared a photograph wrongly said to be the 97-year-old synagogue shooting victim.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 29, 2018
A listing for the mail bomb suspect on MyLife.com underwent a series of edits after his arrest i ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 29, 2018
Numerous substances are liquid, white, and opaque, and not all of them are milk.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 28, 2018
A mass shooting by a man who reputedly said he 'wanted all Jews to die' led some to place additi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 27, 2018
Not every standard procedure is an absolute, especially when it comes to the U.S. Postal Service.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 27, 2018
Social media rumors report that voting machines in Texas are changing voters' selections to the ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 26, 2018
The Secret Service appears to have a policy of screening packages intended for its protectees, b ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 26, 2018
A misleading use of search terms creates amusing and sometimes alarming impressions among intern ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 26, 2018
It's almost as if a single picture of a trash-strewn field gets applied to every event involving ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 26, 2018
A YouTuber’s staged video has been taken seriously by several media outlets despite some telling ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 26, 2018
The story of a heartbreaking illness following a routine flu shot has been used to scare people ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 26, 2018
Crowd sizing isn't an exact science, but detecting gross exaggerations is often not a difficult ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 26, 2018
Undocumented immigrants can obtain driver's licenses in some states, but Democrats haven't advoc ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 25, 2018
A viral meme confused the legalities of entering the United States with the legalities of applyi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 25, 2018
The Trump administration rolled back a few guidelines of an Obama-era school lunch initiative, b ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 25, 2018
A graphic criticizing the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial candidate was not inaccurate, but neither w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 25, 2018
An outdated set of photographs purportedly showing member of a refugee caravan traveling via tra ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 25, 2018
An old satire article about a man's digging a tunnel to a pub has been fooling unsuspecting read ...
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