Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 2, 2018
The Arch of Palmyra appeared on the National Mall, but its relationship to Senate Judiciary Comm ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 2, 2018
Conspiracy theorists outdid themselves in attempting to create connections between the CIA and B ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 2, 2018
A chain message urging women to use a black square for their profile pics "tomorrow" has been ci ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 2, 2018
Junk news websites used an unrelated image from 2016 to illustrate a story falsely claiming that ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 2, 2018
A 2016 appeal for which Kavanaugh wrote the decision has no bearing on the use of polygraph test ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 1, 2018
Viral images shared with misleading information about protesters resulted in harassment and deat ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 1, 2018
Judge Brett Kavanaugh once ruled against a police shooting victim’s family, blocking financial d ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 1, 2018
The notion that Dr. Ford's stating her job title while under oath constituted a "lie" or "perjur ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 1, 2018
Internet trolls manufactured a fake story in an attempt to discredit Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 1, 2018
Although some claim that Donald Trump wears a wig, an image of his mother Mary suggests that the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 1, 2018
Two legends, one photo -- but not necessarily a photograph that showed them in the same place at ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 1, 2018
A variant of a years-old rumor about a worker adding HIV-infected blood to foods or beverages ta ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 28, 2018
The only similarity between the men in these two pictures is what appears to be a shared love of ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 28, 2018
Senate investigators interviewed two separate men who think they were responsible for the assaul ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 28, 2018
New Jersey's Attorney General gave a general warning about 19 popular apps, including Fortnite, ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 28, 2018
An ex-boyfriend of Julie Swetnick filed a petition for a restraining order in 2001, but it was d ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 27, 2018
A Facebook page that calls itself "the Alt-right Onion" posted a fake story based on the lyrics ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 27, 2018
At this point, what's not to believe about the U.S. Senate's Supreme Court confirmation hearings?
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 27, 2018
News reports captured some of the important details about campaign contributions by Nike workers ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 26, 2018
More purported evidence that all of Brett Kavanaugh's accusers can somehow be linked to every pr ...
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