Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 25, 2018
Rumors that Theresa May said that children in the UK are "owned by the state" originated with a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 25, 2018
A meme about United States President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron possibly ref ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 24, 2018
A viral video purporting to show a woman peeling plastic off lettuce leaves is misleading.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 24, 2018
Yet another specious "report" from a fake news site that seems to have a fascination with pedoph ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 24, 2018
A viral Facebook post showing a man riding his motorbike across Lake Como failed to mention that ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 24, 2018
A meme's claims about rape, child custody, and child support oversimplified a very complicated l ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 24, 2018
One of several ways to spoil a perfectly good day of peaceful ice fishing.
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 23, 2018
Former Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a Democrat, disclosed he received the money as payment for a s ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 23, 2018
An anonymous New York prankster put up satirical posters for President Trump's lawyer on the cit ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 23, 2018
Social media memes misleadingly conflated Planned Parenthood itself with a coalition of organiza ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 23, 2018
A photograph showing a giant manta ray caught in 1933 features the work of a taxidermist.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 23, 2018
A man convicted of sex crimes against a child died in prison, but not in the grisly manner claim ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 23, 2018
Tony Appleton may look and sound like the royal town crier, but he is not officially affiliated ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
April 23, 2018
A press release from NRA-ILA claimed the YETI brand no longer wished to do business with the org ...
Written by: David Emery
April 23, 2018
The Vice President is rumored to have close ties with the Russian government via his brother, Ed ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
April 22, 2018
The descriptor was used by Nazi Germany as a way to "identify" those of Jewish descent, but rese ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 20, 2018
A photograph purportedly showing a mysterious 7-foot creature is actually a digitally manipulate ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 20, 2018
According to the White House, the President did not attend the former First Lady's funeral to av ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 20, 2018
A video simulation of a BBC report about a nuclear war between NATO and Russia was edited and pr ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 19, 2018
A viral meme shows a real moment of mental difficulty for one contestant on "Who Wants to Be a M ...
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