Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Emery
March 28, 2018
Revisionist accounts of the origin of the National Rifle Association say it was formed to help f ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 28, 2018
A purported photograph of an aurora is actually a screenshot from a computer animation.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 28, 2018
Vague social media posts and news items led to confusion over a broad Indiana law addressing "ab ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 28, 2018
Conspiracy theorists tried to discredit the mass shooting survivor (again) by ignoring the suspe ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 28, 2018
Screenshots of a purported Planned Parenthood tweet circulated that appear to suggest a controve ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 27, 2018
There was a well-publicized petition to construct such a monument, but it has not been realized ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 27, 2018
A Parkland school shooting survivor was accused — falsely — of giving a Nazi salute at the end o ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 27, 2018
A famous 2007 photograph of singer Britney Spears is being used to spread a false accusation aga ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 27, 2018
The Parkland school shooting survivor opposes a requirement for clear backpacks, but he has also ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 27, 2018
A sexually adventurous scuba diver was supposedly brought down by a shellfish allergy.
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
March 26, 2018
Conspiracy theorists used an out-of-context clip to raise "questions" about a statement made by ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 26, 2018
A woman who reportedly knew the suspect claimed that they were members of a group called "Righte ...
Written by: David Emery
March 26, 2018
As hundreds of thousands of students and supporters took to the streets to protest gun violence, ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 26, 2018
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor turned gun-control activist has been ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 26, 2018
We found no evidence that the actor was responsible for the quote attached to his name in a vira ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 26, 2018
A video of Trump slapping World Wrestling Entertainment executive director Vince McMahon at an e ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 25, 2018
An image of the Parkland school shooting attack survivor attempts to cast her as a "communist" f ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 25, 2018
The outspoken survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting has been campai ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 23, 2018
Rumors that there would be a follow-up to the 2004 cult classic actually grew out of a fan-made ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 23, 2018
A fake news item falsely led social media users to believe that Florida became one of the states ...
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