Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 22, 2018
Attempts at "whataboutism" with a scandal involving social media and psychographics fail to ackn ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 22, 2018
A viral hoax managed to trick some people.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 22, 2018
A 2016 incident at a Minneapolis location of the food chain has since been recirculated through ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 22, 2018
A video of a fatal explosion at a gas station in Brazil was real, but the tragedy wasn't caused ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 22, 2018
A Facebook status update meme claims that a green "BFF" in typed comments is an indicator of acc ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 22, 2018
Is half a camel better than none? We may never know.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 21, 2018
A grotesque hoax involving doctored images of people in bathrooms managed to trick some Internet ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 21, 2018
An image purportedly showing the United States president with his wife and alleged mistress has ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 21, 2018
A group of medical professionals in Quebec opposed a pay deal struck with the provincial governm ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 21, 2018
A video of pro-migrant protesters being removed from the Basilica of Saint-Denis in France was s ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 21, 2018
Vague headlines and a tenuous connection led to rumors that American dentist and trophy hunter W ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 21, 2018
After President Donald Trump was criticized for congratulating Vladimir Putin on the results of ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 20, 2018
The megastar's exhortation to her 61 million followers to "throw away" the app likely did make a ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 20, 2018
Jeremy McDole's death in 2015 received renewed attention online in 2018.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 20, 2018
A photograph showing a young woman holding a Karl Marx bill (worth €0) is real, but it is a souv ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 20, 2018
Articles criticizing the Common Core curriculum draw causal connections where none exist.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 20, 2018
An opinion piece arguing that President Donald Trump is a pragmatist rather than a Republican or ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 20, 2018
According to a vague Facebook rumor, the grandson of a man named Jimmy Coyne was assaulted at sc ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 19, 2018
Activists have called on German prosecutors to move against Haspel, but no warrant has been issued.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 19, 2018
A suspicious advertisement used doctored photographs and exaggerated claims to promote a new "su ...
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