Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 16, 2018
He sold the Trump Tower apartment to Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier through a Panamanian shell ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 16, 2018
An Infowars editor highlighted an excerpt from a post from a site that he was apparently unaware ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 16, 2018
A viral Facebook post comparing U.S. immigration policy to that of North Korea and Afghanistan g ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 16, 2018
A Twitter account promising $5000 for retweets doesn't actually belong to the 20-year-old Mega M ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 16, 2018
A satirical article fabricates federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry's statements about her brother ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 15, 2018
Dubious websites are attempting to use a season in which the influenza vaccine is less effective ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 15, 2018
Several web sites ran with a "UFOlogist's" claim without adding any corroborating information.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 15, 2018
The non-thinking person's way to generate faux political outrage is to suggest any addition to A ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 15, 2018
Self-styled "moisture accelerator" Charles Hatfield promised to fill the city's depleted reservo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 15, 2018
A satirical article responded to a recent controversy over the U.S. President's reported comment ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 15, 2018
A number of far-right web sites have posted misleading stories casting doubt on whether Dr. Band ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 15, 2018
President Obama used the term "shit show" in private to refer to the escalating violence in Liby ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 12, 2018
Emmanuel Mensah was a United States Army soldier and immigrant from Ghana who died saving his ne ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 12, 2018
Dozens of Sam's Club stores are closing, but a partisan Facebook page vastly exaggerates the num ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 12, 2018
A fake news web site attempted to ride a wave of Parton-related controversy in January 2018.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 12, 2018
Social media users began posting images of children wearing "Equally Racist" shirts after a sati ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 11, 2018
As seen on TV: "The fearless, super-plush American grizzly"
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 11, 2018
Among the heinous acts the controversial former Maricopa County sheriff was accused of in an Int ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 11, 2018
The ad allows expectant mothers to use their urine to reveal a coupon for a crib.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 11, 2018
Not only can the latest health craze put you in danger of contracting dangerous diseases, the pu ...
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