Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 5, 2018
Some record-setting moonside shade is on the books for late July 2018.
Written by: David Emery
July 5, 2018
Critics say the requirement forces migrant children to pledge allegiance to a country that separ ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 4, 2018
Experts have authenticated video footage showing the aftermath of a deadly snake attack in June ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 4, 2018
We found no evidence the Obama administration gave preferential treatment to the 23,000-plus Ira ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 3, 2018
A meme containing fake quotes from a satirical article managed to take in some followers of cons ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 3, 2018
Shirts featuring 'the F word' are commonplace at political rallies, but the origins of a photogr ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 3, 2018
Russell Walker, a Republican candidate for the North Carolina statehouse, has made no secret of ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 2, 2018
A common rumor holds that a car bearing a full tank of gas on an exceptionally hot day may explo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 2, 2018
Exactly what would a bag of sugarless sugar hold? And how would it taste?
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 2, 2018
Maxine Waters is in line to become chair of the House Financial Services Committee if Democrats ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 2, 2018
A spurious quote supposedly uttered by actor Clint Eastwood about how he was "leaving Hollywood" ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 2, 2018
In response to a hashtag asking Twitter users to describe the United States in three words, a pa ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 2, 2018
A hyperpartisan Facebook page shared an edited image from a real interview by the California con ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 2, 2018
A quote attributed to former president Barack Obama has him vowing to "do something" about Presi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 1, 2018
The 81-year-old justice's resignation announcement triggered a spate of conspiracy posts focused ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 1, 2018
Disturbing video footage of the incident went viral in June 2018.
Written by: David Emery
July 1, 2018
The anachronistic use of the word "media" is just one reason to be skeptical of a quote often at ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 29, 2018
A satirical article jokingly claimed that the television personality and producer best known as ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 29, 2018
A satirical web site left some readers unsure about a fake article that followed a real controve ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 29, 2018
A right-wing Facebook page published a grossly misleading meme that compared the immigration pol ...
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