Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 22, 2018
In a 2012 tweet, Donald Trump called for a "fast trial, death penalty" for "perverts" who abduct ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 20, 2018
A Russian asbestos producer shared a photograph of their product to social media with a seal of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 20, 2018
We found many reasons to be suspicious of a video purportedly showing a woman stabbing a man wit ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 20, 2018
A poorly edited image supposedly showing the Obama family wearing Che Guevara shirts in Cuba has ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 19, 2018
Nobody other than junk news sites is saying that California should use "gay pornography" in elem ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 19, 2018
We're still waiting for someone to live out the entirety of a 99-year prison sentence.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 19, 2018
Although the the production or import of a chemical used in Freon will be banned in the U.S. beg ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 19, 2018
A set of images purportedly showing Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović in a bikini actu ...
Written by: David Emery
July 19, 2018
How factual is the claim that the name of the children's game "tag" originated as the acronym of ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 19, 2018
Theories about the symbolism behind the monarch's fashion choices are founded on assumptions tha ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 19, 2018
An odd video purportedly showing a babysitter placing barbed wire around a crib was staged for a ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 19, 2018
Non-citizen residents of San Francisco who have children can now register to vote in local schoo ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 18, 2018
The act, which has had all but one of its provisions replaced or repealed, prevents anyone from ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 18, 2018
An entertainment web site published a fictitious article containing a fake quote ostensibly utte ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 18, 2018
Drugging up and performing sex acts on dangerous reptiles is probably not an advisable means for ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 18, 2018
A popular image seemingly shows Russian president Vladimir Putin aggressively pulling President ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 18, 2018
Businesses do not celebrate their anniversaries by giving away hefty coupons to Facebook users w ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 17, 2018
MGM Resorts International, the parent company of Mandalay Bay, argues they are not responsible f ...
Written by: David Emery
July 17, 2018
Hyperpartisan web sites promulgated false claims about the billionaire's contributions to candid ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 17, 2018
A bizarre story posited that a Nevada morgue employee found an inventive way to combine two prom ...
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