Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 17, 2018
A photograph purportedly showing a man wearing a ridiculous pro-Trump shirt was a digital manipu ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 16, 2018
A widely-shared article potentially confused some readers about the motives of a couple murdered ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 16, 2018
A video purportedly showing refugees looting a café in Spain actually captures an incident from ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 16, 2018
Right-wing web sites published misleading allegations of voter fraud in Ohio, based on very obvi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 16, 2018
A meme showing political graffiti scrawled on Mount Rushmore originated with a Facebook trolling ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 16, 2018
While speaking to U.S. troops about an upcoming military pay increase, Trump joked that he knew ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Aug. 15, 2018
A pro-Trump Facebook group used Carney's real-life military efforts to criticize current NFL pla ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 15, 2018
Advocates for the disabled community largely oppose Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee f ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 15, 2018
Despite Internet outrage saying otherwise, New Mexico "compound" defendant Siraj Ibn Wahhaj has ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2018
Omarosa Manigault said that 600 murders took place in Chicago during the second weekend of Augus ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2018
A video showing Secret Service surrounding Donald Trump at a 2016 rally is real, but the audio p ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2018
A video of a large leatherback turtle on a beach provided a misleading impression of the animal' ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 14, 2018
An animator for the children's cartoon has been sentenced to prison for possessing child pornogr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2018
An image of a shockingly inaccurate map may have once appeared in a textbook, but the current ve ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 14, 2018
A parody account in Strzok's name issued the combative tweet in the wake of the FBI agent's firi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2018
This was one of the more unusual "amusing" factoids associated with the young players of the Lit ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 14, 2018
President Donald Trump's renewed criticism of NFL protests prompted the re-emergence on social m ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 14, 2018
A deceptive and factually challenged blog post on an anti-vaccine website is not a “Harvard stud ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2018
For the time being, at least, 'VeggieTales' characters remain based on things mothers would app ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 13, 2018
A year-old video showing a group of Antifascists beating up a right-wing activists in Berkeley, ...
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