Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 22, 2018
A years-old video created by the satirical Onion website was mistaken for genuine by some viewers.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 22, 2018
Liberals and Fox News have ruined Festivus for everyone!
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 22, 2018
And under what unusual circumstances might an airliner end up in such a position?
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 22, 2018
An example of how no meme can be so over-the-top ridiculous that it won't at least prompt some q ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 22, 2018
President Trump's long-time personal attorney deleted the tweet after pleading guilty to multipl ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 22, 2018
A viral, scare-mongering Facebook post fabricated a series of fatal spider bites and used photog ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 21, 2018
A meme accurately recounts the life of a man born into slavery who stole a Confederate ship to r ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 21, 2018
An image purportedly showing a logically challenged sign in support of President Trump is actual ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 21, 2018
This theory was first popularized in a 2000 Canadian Medical Association Journal article.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 21, 2018
An activist organization mistakenly reported a Des Moines police officer's 2017 traffic arrests ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 20, 2018
A viral meme, based on a piece of investigative journalism, left out some important context in t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 20, 2018
"Robot! WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!"
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 20, 2018
Such an interpretation of the 1952 law would not only be incorrect, it would betray an egregious ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 20, 2018
An image of two police officers washing the dishes after they cooked a meal for a sick mother's ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 20, 2018
An image purportedly showing a giant blue whale sighted near Jennette's Pier in North Carolina i ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 17, 2018
Several viral memes made unfounded assumptions based on the complicated inner workings of the De ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 17, 2018
A video showing a man falling down a flight of stairs features computer animated graphics and wa ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 17, 2018
Remarking on the Queen of Soul's passing in August 2018, President Trump said, "She worked for m ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 17, 2018
Fox News accidentally included a photograph of singer Patti LaBelle instead of Aretha Franklin a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 17, 2018
Kohl's department stores are not distributing $150 "Black Friday" coupons as part of an online p ...
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