Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 1, 2018
Two unrelated videos, one of a large landslide and the other of a frozen debris flow, have been ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 1, 2018
The numbers aren't entirely clear, but the Food Network star certainly coordinated a major relie ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 1, 2018
Fatima Hemminger is actually a fictional character who resides solely in realm of manipulated im ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 1, 2018
A sign reading "Pedophiles are People Too" was briefly pinned to a telephone pole near a school ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 1, 2018
A meme criticizing Starbucks' use of paper straws wrapped in plastic packaging employed an image ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 1, 2018
A notorious producer of junk news posted a fabricated meme about the popular restaurant chain.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 1, 2018
A Facebook event inviting viewers to watch the implosion of Stone Mountain was created by a paro ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 31, 2018
Food and drink, all in the same place!
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 31, 2018
A viral warning seems to ignore the obvious truth that eggs and bananas are commonly and delicio ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 31, 2018
A junk news site invented a story about a school principal expelling two children over their rel ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 31, 2018
For critics of President Trump, an old quotation about "treason from within" was relevant in 201 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 31, 2018
The 22nd day of the 2nd month of the year 2022 will fall on a Tuesday, thus creating a robust "T ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 31, 2018
Chipotle is not offering free $100 gift cards for National Avocado Day to internet users who sha ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 30, 2018
A meme posited a highly improbable, if not absolutely impossible, scenario under which an impeac ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 30, 2018
A photograph showing an odd-looking, large bat with an elongated face features a real animal, bu ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 30, 2018
Oysters sustain themselves by sucking microscopic plankton out of the waters they inhabit, and t ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 30, 2018
In his career as a radio host, Lewis said he should be able to call women "sluts" but did not de ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 27, 2018
Bernie Sanders claimed that the president and his re-election campaign are responsible for incre ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 27, 2018
Donald Trump's Walk of Fame Star was vandalized in July 2018, but the man responsible for it was ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 27, 2018
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's answer to a question posed by a child was misrepresented as an ...
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