Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 4, 2018
Nobody is paying for ailing children's organ transplants or life-saving surgeries based on how o ...
Written by: David Emery
Sept. 4, 2018
Reports that Nike rescinded their offer to make Kaepernick one of the faces of their 'Just Do It ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 4, 2018
An internet hoax involving Nike shoes, an internet protest, and an unrelated photograph of a bur ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 4, 2018
An image purportedly showing multiple tornadoes touching down in Kansas is actually a composite ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 3, 2018
The aircraft normally designated “Air Force Two” carried John McCain and his family to Washingto ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 31, 2018
A conservative youth organization's claims about Ripon College's response to a controversial pos ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 31, 2018
A doctored image purportedly showing Heath Ledger's Joker doing a kickflip over Batman has been ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 30, 2018
The chief executive asserted that if the country were deprived of his thinking, markets would cr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 30, 2018
President Trump attempted to show Google's alleged bias by falsely claiming that search engine f ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 30, 2018
A number of tech billionaires seemingly agree on at least one piece of parenting advice: Limit y ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 29, 2018
Screenshots purportedly documenting Puff Daddy's futile attempt to buy a Twitter handle from com ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 29, 2018
Not every member of a species exhibits what is considered a 'standard' appearance.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 29, 2018
A story about a couple's futile attempts to conceive may be nothing more than a recycled joke or ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 29, 2018
We've heard of "milking snakes," but not usually in this context.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 29, 2018
Viral social media posts rehashed a three-year-old announcement about the former president, who ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 29, 2018
A prosecutor has requested the death penalty for Shia activist Israa al-Ghomgham, but she has no ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 28, 2018
Purported screenshots of a Facebook rant by an unhappy ex-bride prompted a global wave of curios ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 28, 2018
Not every unsolicited communication is an attempt to target victims for sex trafficking rings.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 28, 2018
An image shows a cap neatly nestled into the bottom of a Gatorade bottle, but this is not an int ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 28, 2018
A satirical web site published a fictitious article claiming that an exec at Google admitted to ...
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