Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 25, 2018
News reports of a German football club's getting banned in 1934 after failing to give the Nazi s ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2018
Rumors about a gay baboon's "terrorizing" a village and raping five men can be traced back to a ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 24, 2018
A notorious producer of fake news provokes yet more outrage with another fabricated meme.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
May 24, 2018
A "satirical" blog's Facebook page used an actual news outlet's photograph to make a stinker of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2018
A article joked that an online naming contest resulted in the Navy naming a ship the "USS Tig Ol ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2018
Rumors about a return of the popular, long-running comedy cartoon have been repeatedly shot down ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 24, 2018
A tired old trope of fake news purveyors is to claim that legitimate news organizations are the ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 23, 2018
CNN got the basic facts about international school shooting frequencies right, albeit in a list ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 23, 2018
A video of a woman driving away from her child is real, but the accompanying backstory is nothin ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 23, 2018
Unfortunate fake news plays on the accomplishment of Stacey Abrams, who could become the nation' ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 23, 2018
"Cosmo After Dark" will feature content about sex, but this Snapchat channel isn't porn and will ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 22, 2018
The fake Chicago Tribune headline is a play on a real one involving President Donald Trump.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 22, 2018
It's not a judgment call to say that a lifetime supply of free food isn't a good reason to get a ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 22, 2018
Although a photograph raised alarm among Li's fanbase, his manager says the actor is in fine fettle.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 22, 2018
Christopher Barnett claims his Facebook account was hacked as part of a bitter and long-running ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 22, 2018
A right-wing Facebook page published a meme that was heavy on Islam-blaming but light on evidence.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 22, 2018
Despite rumors, the queen did not escort Meghan Markle's rescued beagle Guy to the royal wedding.
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
May 22, 2018
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Written by: David Mikkelson
May 21, 2018
A meme about Wonder Bread's supposedly cutting ties with the NRA is just a bit of political trol ...
Written by: David Emery
May 21, 2018
A notoriously unreliable web site spread the unsubstantiated claim that the cable news network w ...
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