Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 22, 2018
A United States Air Force pilot is not MIA after shooting a North Korean missile down.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 22, 2018
Despite the claims of tabloid newspapers, Amanda Teague's marriage to her "spiritual husband" do ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 22, 2018
Several viewers were fooled by a well-made "concept trailer" for a nonexistent "Friends" movie i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 22, 2018
Years-old CCTV footage that captured a stabbing in London was used to make discriminatory claims ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 22, 2018
Unrelated images of Lady Gaga in a (possibly fake) fur and a baby fox were circulated with messa ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 22, 2018
Of the many causes behind the January 2018 U.S. federal government shutdown, bribes to senators ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 22, 2018
Unlike military pay, which is appropriated annually, paychecks for House and Senate members are ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 21, 2018
Reports that Malia Obama was arrested after being caught drinking while underage and running nak ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 21, 2018
Reports that a televangelist disclaimed Donald Trump's alleged affair with a porn actress as "sh ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 21, 2018
Reports that the New York senator accepted a campaign donation from pro-immigration groups just ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 21, 2018
A viral fake tweet caused some social media users to question whether the Tide Challenge spelled ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 21, 2018
Clickbait web sites generate traffic by putting controversial political statements into the mout ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Jan. 20, 2018
The unprecedented finger-pointing took place amid a government shutdown and looming government w ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 20, 2018
Who's most to blame for failing to "get everyone in a room" to "make a deal" when a government s ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 20, 2018
A dog bite attorney's anti-pitbull video will not be airing during Super Bowl LII.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 20, 2018
The president apparently misspoke while delivering remarks to the 45th March for Life in Washington.
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 19, 2018
The attending physician confirmed that a patient walked into the emergency room with the giant p ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 19, 2018
A Turkish web site published, then deleted, a quickly-debunked story about Facebook's chief exec ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 19, 2018
A viral Facebook post is no more than a hoax that plays off the blood-like appearance of a popul ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 19, 2018
A photograph showing model Giulia Salemi in a revealing dress is real, but it has little to do w ...
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