Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
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 ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 29, 2018
A well-known purveyor of fake news spread the fabricated claim that President Trump called out G ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2018
In 2018 the hoaxes and fake news about a "rigged" Super Bowl started even before the game was pl ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 29, 2018
The Frenchman who would become known as the world's greatest pantomime artist helped smuggle Jew ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 29, 2018
If you donate to President Donald Trump’s re-election, your name will appear during a campaign-r ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 29, 2018
Sitting senators tweeted images of the misspelled tickets on 29 January 2018.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 29, 2018
An inaccurate meme claims the national anthem won't be televised before the Super Bowl.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 29, 2018
A new legal frontier in human-robot sexual interactions has not yet been reached as described.
Written by: Snopes Staff
Jan. 29, 2018
Rumors of a dangerous fad known as the "No Lackin Challenge" circulated after a Memphis teenager ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 29, 2018
NASA has called the astronomical event in late January 2018 a "supermoon trilogy."
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 29, 2018
A digitally edited photograph appears to show a natural wonder: a cliff that looks just like an ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 29, 2018
The decade-long debate over Pluto's planetary status has provided fodder for April Fool's Day jo ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 26, 2018
A Facebook meme gets some facts right about the demise of the Fairness Doctrine but ignores impo ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 26, 2018
The viral tale of Father Jose Garcia Ataulfo, already questionable to begin with, has been embel ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 26, 2018
Presumably, being the fictional mayor of a non-existent town shields one from prosecution for cr ...
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