Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 8, 2018
If this were a new brand of candy, we'd definitely give it a try.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 7, 2018
A warning about a Facebook user's supposedly having received a second friend request from you is ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 5, 2018
A graphic shared online relays details that Angelou first revealed in her 1969 autobiography, "I ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 5, 2018
A photograph of the moon and a waterfall seemingly align just right to create a "lava moon" melt ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 5, 2018
Simple mathematics, rather than a mysterious once-a-millennium event, explains a popular meme.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 5, 2018
An anti-Muslim group painted themselves as victims of anti-conservatism after the hotel chain an ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 5, 2018
Software engineer and cryptocurrency advocate John McAfee claimed the presidential alert system ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 5, 2018
A picture said to be one of a 15-year-old Christine Blasey Ford has been proffered as "evidence" ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 4, 2018
A mildly embarrassing moment on the president's trip to Minnesota was greeted with amusement and ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 4, 2018
A story about a dog sleeping next to his owner's grave originated with a news story, but the vir ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 4, 2018
The social network says they're working to fix a glitch that causes one-time donations to appear ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 4, 2018
Disreputable web sites and YouTube channels tried to turn a 2010 story into a current "scandal" ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 4, 2018
An umbrella organization that represents thousands of local congregations issued a statement on ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 4, 2018
Kavanaugh hadn't spent much time in courtrooms when President George W. Bush nominated him to th ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 3, 2018
Conspiratorial stories that link an organization on which Debra Katz serves as vice chair only t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 3, 2018
Wording displayed on t-shirts is one of the easiest and most common targets for digital image ma ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 3, 2018
A popular Facebook message claiming that 260 members of congress had settled sexual assault char ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 3, 2018
The University of Manchester Student Union caught flak online for their proposal encouraging the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 3, 2018
An image comparison featuring Donald Trump and Biff Tannen from the movie "Back to the Future" h ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 2, 2018
The Arch of Palmyra appeared on the National Mall, but its relationship to Senate Judiciary Comm ...
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