Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 28, 2018
A June 2018 news report accurately described the controversial reality of children facing deport ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 28, 2018
A years-old story about a construction outfit was presented as if the company were building the ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 28, 2018
Mike Huckabee claimed in interviews that the owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, organi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 28, 2018
Rumors that the pop song is about vibrators are based solely on one interpretation of the song's ...
Written by: David Emery
June 27, 2018
In June 2018, an Arizona fire department warned local residents to check their pool noodles for ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 27, 2018
Hacked Google Reviews and manufactured Yelp pages led some to believe that the Red Hen restauran ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 27, 2018
A Virginia cookie shop declined to host a media event with the former U.S. vice president during ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 27, 2018
Matthew Levatich was accused of calling Donald Trump a "moron" after the president objected to t ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 26, 2018
A notorious fake news web site got the basic facts right about the crimes of Monsignor Carlo Alb ...
Written by: David Emery
June 26, 2018
According to a Facebook meme, a school of bluegills can completely dismantle a human body in les ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 26, 2018
Hyperpartisan web sites used shoddy image editing to spread inflammatory disinformation.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 26, 2018
In June 2018, a piece of satire from "The Onion" became more confusing to social media users.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 26, 2018
A conspiracy theorist web site once again published groundless, scaremongering claims about the ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 25, 2018
Claims that lawmakers voted to spend a Social Security surplus to pay off government debt stem f ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 25, 2018
Reports and viral memes made several claims about Bethany Christian Services and its purported l ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 25, 2018
An outdated poll from 2014 was drastically misrepresented by a number of right-wing sites and pu ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 25, 2018
Some elements of a viral post about Melania Trump's jacket are factual, but there's no proof it ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 25, 2018
A story about a six-year-old getting in trouble for his choice in superhero attire came from a s ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 25, 2018
Footage from a video featuring a remote control crocodile (or alligator) was actually a response ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 25, 2018
A "satirical" blog used a fake meme to gin up outrage by attempting to link the company to Miche ...
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