Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 19, 2018
A quote attributed to the San Antonio Spurs small forward about Gregg Popovich's criticism of th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 19, 2018
Images purportedly proving that the White Helmets staged a chemical attack in Syria are actually ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 19, 2018
The art of using memetic fake news to publicize fake web sites.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 19, 2018
Memes suggesting Michigan lawmakers wanted to place a yellow star on immigrants' licenses were c ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 18, 2018
No, no, no ... don't blame your own fakey fake websites on other people!
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 18, 2018
A legend about the iconic wrestler has a significant grain of truth to it but has been embellish ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 18, 2018
In 2016, economist Guido Menzio was escorted off a flight because the passenger next to him felt ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 18, 2018
A Starbucks coupon for customers of "African-American heritage" only was a piece of divisive pro ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 18, 2018
A disreputable web site managed to trick thousands of internet users with false claims that the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 18, 2018
A video purportedly showing Mark Zuckerberg announcing that closure of Facebook is a digitally a ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 17, 2018
Several popular trolling elements — YouTube, Abortion, Bitcoin, Planned Parenthood — rolled up i ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 17, 2018
One of several similar WhatsApp malware hoaxes warns that a "Martinelli" video could "hack" your ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
April 17, 2018
The former First Lady was the subject of two stories reporting her death not long after announce ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 17, 2018
Most good jokes are funny enough in their own right without the need for them to be attributed t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 16, 2018
A clip from the movie "Super Troopers" was shared as if it showed a genuine incident of a Vermon ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 16, 2018
Controversy around military action in Syria led to the recirculation of an inaccurate claim abou ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 16, 2018
In 2013, Donald Trump issued multiple warnings to his predecessor about attacking Syria without ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 16, 2018
A conspiracy theory fomented by Roger Stone gets even basic facts wrong.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 16, 2018
A meme proclaims that "Article 54 of Obamacare" will take 30 percent of seniors' social security ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
April 15, 2018
After she was criticized online, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said a photo ...
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