Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 12, 2018
A anti-Islam, anti-refugee video widely shared on Facebook was blatant fake news.
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 12, 2018
The 38-year-old's death from complications of influenza became an internet cause célèbre after i ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 12, 2018
A scurrilous fake news site took a controversial court case and added a fabricated element to it ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 12, 2018
A pair of articles about the legality of rape in police custody confused social media readers.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 12, 2018
An image was digitally created after a construction tycoon was arrested for hunting in a protect ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 11, 2018
Contrary to a fabricated tweet, the SpaceX CEO responded graciously to Trump's congratulations o ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 9, 2018
The white supremacist group made frequent use of the slogan more recently embraced by President ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 9, 2018
Ashley Arnold attracted media attention after challenging — and triumphing over — her instructor ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 9, 2018
A "screening test" highlighted on the 'Today' show and subsequently amended by a series of dubio ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 9, 2018
An image purportedly showing a hermit crab using a human skull is actually a lifelike sculpture.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 9, 2018
The nature of a video posted to Chinese social media is unclear, but it may have been staged for ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 9, 2018
Internet users passed around an image that appeared to show river ice frozen in the shape of the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 9, 2018
Two unrelated photographs were circulated on social media along with a story about actor Keanu R ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 9, 2018
Right-wing web sites republished a fabricated story posted by a notorious purveyor of fake news.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 9, 2018
A Spirit customer claims that a Spirit employee told her to either flush her pet or set it free, ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 8, 2018
A Twitter post painted Viktor and Amalija Knavs's immigration status as a symbol of hypocrisy on ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 8, 2018
A Facebook meme purporting to prove that the Dow suffers under Republican presidencies ignores k ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 8, 2018
Much ado was made on social media about the President's hair after a video aired of his boarding ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 7, 2018
The seeds of a number household plants can cause psychoactive effects, but they are far from a n ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 7, 2018
The alleged trick of distracting a driver by cramming a plastic bottle in a wheel well runs coun ...
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