Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 11, 2018
A popular video clip made it appear as if the Canadian prime minister was wearing fake eyebrows ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 10, 2018
A disreputable web site with a penchant for pedophilia-related clickbait deceptively reported a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 9, 2018
An arrested Florida man professed an intent to kill child molesters, but he didn't kill, set fir ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 9, 2018
A haunting photograph and a stirring tale of maternal sacrifice: one is real, the other isn't.
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 9, 2018
Some fake news sites just can't get over their obsessions with pederasty, likely because it make ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 8, 2018
Authorities have determined a skull found roughly 20 miles from an abandoned homeless camp belon ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 8, 2018
The Department of Health and Human Services announced that 10,773 unaccompanied immigrant childr ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 8, 2018
A blog devoted to the roundly-debunked "Pizzagate" story reprinted an equally false post from 20 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 8, 2018
A popular meme recounting the actor's involvement with the D-Day invasion at Normandy is largely ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 8, 2018
Country Time promoted a "legal-ade" fund for kids fined over lemonade stands, but has that ever ...
Written by: David Emery
June 8, 2018
During a 1988 radio address, President Reagan railed against those calling for trade tariffs and ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 7, 2018
Yet another spurious rumor about an old show returning to the small screen appeared on Facebook ...
Written by: David Emery
June 7, 2018
In a 1998 article about the pitfalls of making predictions about technological progress, the Nob ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 7, 2018
Rep. Drew Ferguson posted, and then deleted, an image with German soldiers from his Twitter account.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 7, 2018
The store that put up the sign in 2015 was back in the news several years later when it celebrat ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 7, 2018
A fake news site capitalized on controversy involving the comedian, claiming she adopted a black ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 6, 2018
A popular meme confused pardons with commutations and spread an erroneous rumor about the former ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 6, 2018
Experts say that blaming soft drinks or energy drinks alone for the formation of kidney stones i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 6, 2018
A viral Facebook post falsely claimed that the New Hampshire amusement park Story Land was perma ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 5, 2018
Police investigated and concluded the site is actually an abandoned homeless camp.
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