Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 11, 2018
Some social media users recycled an old, digitally-edited photograph that misled viewers in Octo ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 10, 2018
A theoretical NASA paper written in 2015 was misconstrued in 2018 to suggest an urgent need to g ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 10, 2018
A meme about Manchin's vote to confirm Kavanaugh accurately notes that Heather Bresch is Manchin ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 10, 2018
A truly horrifying scene, but fortunately one that was staged for cameras and not captured in re ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 10, 2018
A widely-shared meme got the basic facts right about an October 2017 case involving the newest S ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 10, 2018
"I have the most deep conviction that a political party can be called such only if its whole pur ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 10, 2018
Junk news sites published a spurious report saying Swift was photographed with the controversial ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 10, 2018
An activist group's account of the incident at Stafford County Middle School spread rapidly online.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 10, 2018
A North Carolina middle school's sign was targeted by vandals, not "socialist teachers" trying t ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 10, 2018
Buy a fact check scorecard, because you can't always tell celebrities apart by the shirts they wear.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 10, 2018
An old quotation attributed to the 39th president re-emerged on social media in October 2018, pr ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 9, 2018
A paraprofessional with Rosemount, Minnesota, school district resigned after posting the tweet.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 9, 2018
Parkersburg City Councilman Eric Barber made the "coat hanger" comment in a reply to a Facebook ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 9, 2018
A half-time performance loosely based on the movie 'John Q' caused widespread controversy in Mis ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 9, 2018
Social media users express vehement distaste for fake protest signs -- without realizing they're ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 9, 2018
A viral Facebook claim about the supposed discovery of a parasite in a piece of Welch's Fruit Sn ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 8, 2018
In October 2018, social media users recirculated a story about search warrants that had actually ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 8, 2018
Unreliable sources claimed Pelosi admitted on video that Democrats use such a tactic, but in rea ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 8, 2018
An image of a grocery store aisle sign is often shared with jokes about single and lonely people.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 8, 2018
If this were a new brand of candy, we'd definitely give it a try.
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