Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 2, 2018
Video footage shows an anti-immigration protester aggressively questioning Arizona state Rep. Er ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 2, 2018
A decades-old video purportedly showing the rapper hitting a young fan is often shared without c ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 2, 2018
A Utah pediatrics practice says that Crayola bathtub fingerpaint soap caused caustic burns, but ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 1, 2018
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley only inadvertently 'confessed' to being romant ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 1, 2018
Official statistics suggest that some of the online retail giant's workforce receive food stamps ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 1, 2018
Images showing Nancy Pelosi pointing a finger at a Linda Sanchez are authentic, but a video of t ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 1, 2018
Conservatives and conspiracy theorists have made much of the fact that Luis Gutiérrez quietly wa ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 1, 2018
A "celebrity feud" was actually a particularly lazy attempt at "outrage" clickbait.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 1, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a draft guidance document suggesting a new legal int ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 1, 2018
The evangelical leader said in a 1981 profile that people in his position "can't be closely iden ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Feb. 1, 2018
Nope — a "satirical" web site just thinks misogyny is funny.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 1, 2018
A photograph showing the former deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with a gr ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 31, 2018
No evidence validates claims of foul play in a train crash involving Republican members of Congress.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 31, 2018
The prestigious university counts among its alumni Nobel laureates, leaders of science and indus ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 31, 2018
Foreign-born, U.S.-based scientists and economists won a remarkable number of Nobel prizes in th ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 31, 2018
Some people actually believe in the medical misinformation they peddle; others shamelessly risk ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 31, 2018
The answer to the age-old question "Can peacocks fly?" is yes — but not on United Airlines.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 30, 2018
A tasteless, body-shaming fake news article claimed that a hippopotamus attempted to rape a 400- ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 30, 2018
The city of Melbourne tweeted that they do not endorse the sign, noting in a droll aside that th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 30, 2018
The "alpha" who purportedly flew the plane over the Women's March is entirely fictional — but t ...
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