Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 26, 2018
"We want to discard the parts of society we don’t want, but like plastic, it’s never going to go ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 26, 2018
According to internet trolls, bikers everywhere in the world are supporters of President Trump a ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 26, 2018
The identity of a woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct has been confused with ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 26, 2018
By the company’s own accounting, Amazon actually received a $137 million federal tax credit in t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 25, 2018
A viral piece urges Americans to be thankful for their Canadian neighbors.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 25, 2018
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is apparently a Zelig-like figure who has met and posed with every pro ...
Written by: David Emery
Sept. 25, 2018
In a 2017 speech, Trump referred to Kenneth Mapp, governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, as the te ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 25, 2018
An image from a gay pride parade in New York was shared on social media as if it showed people a ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 25, 2018
The only thing that appears to be “absolutely fabricated” here is that statistic.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 25, 2018
Conservative groups sponsor an annual event by that name, but the White House had no role in its ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 25, 2018
A photograph showing a nude man on a stage with a group of young girls is real, but it was not t ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 24, 2018
The Connecticut Democrat admitted making false and misleading claims about his military service ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 24, 2018
We've all heard of sibling rivalry, but politics can take that phenomenon to a whole different l ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Sept. 24, 2018
Six Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, but not the "ranking member," voted ag ...
Written by: David Emery
Sept. 24, 2018
The Minneapolis man suffered from type 1 diabetes and had begun rationing his insulin because he ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 24, 2018
Believing this claim also requires believing that someone who tweets #Pizzagate and #Qanon consp ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 24, 2018
People sue over the oddest things, but this scenario is probably not actionable.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 24, 2018
A notorious producer of junk news attempted to make hay during Week 3 of the 2018 NFL season.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 23, 2018
Apparently any photograph of a woman semi-clothed and drinking can be used to smear the credibil ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 22, 2018
A disturbing photo of mining conditions, likely from Belgium in the early 20th century, has ofte ...
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