Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 8, 2018
An anecdote about the musician's time as a soldier in Kosovo has been distorted over the years.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 8, 2018
This was indeed Donald Trump's answer to an interview question, for whatever that's worth.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 8, 2018
The White House quickly corrected a statement on its web site claiming that a document written b ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 8, 2018
A bogus story in a notorious fake news web site claimed without evidence that the country is now ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 8, 2018
Web sites continue to confuse consumers with a long out-of-date warning about a listeria-related ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 8, 2018
A news report about analog clocks and timed exams morphed into a Internet-wide bashing of "kids ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 8, 2018
An image of a welcome sign featuring the word "anally" instead of "annually" is a digital creation.
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 7, 2018
An Oregon senator has not passed a bill deeming such discounts to be "exclusionary and biased."
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 7, 2018
Two of the three men being held by North Korea in 2018 were not detained until Donald Trump's pr ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 7, 2018
A viral video gets some details right about the case of Ramad Ahshad Chatman, but leaves out one ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 7, 2018
The origins of many marriage-related rituals are arcane, but we can safely rule out this explana ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 7, 2018
Images and videos of the shoebill stork, a large African bird, are often met with skepticism.
Written by: David Emery
May 7, 2018
Some have called the murder and dismemberment of two African-American men over a gun sale gone w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 7, 2018
Never has there been a fantasy creature so revered and yet so reviled.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 7, 2018
A photograph of a gun displayed in a clear plastic backpack is real.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 7, 2018
A viral photograph shows a real roadside sign near Huntingtown in Calvert County which warns "li ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 7, 2018
A sketchy Facebook page claimed Willie Nelson was seriously ill, sharing video content known as ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 7, 2018
The famed South African anti-apartheid figure's 100th birthday anniversary will be celebrated in ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 7, 2018
A right-wing, pro-Trump Facebook page uses a photograph of Melania Trump to attack her predecess ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 7, 2018
A viral Facebook post purportedly showed a severe reaction to Neutrogena Makeup Remover Wipes, b ...
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