Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 11, 2018
Not only can the latest health craze put you in danger of contracting dangerous diseases, the pu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 11, 2018
Rumors that a "Harry Potter" show was coming to Netflix were sparked by an April Fool's joke and ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Jan. 11, 2018
A prolific purveyor of "satire" publishes yet another false article that plays on fear and hatred.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 11, 2018
Two important Christian observances fall on dates that are also secular holidays in 2018.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 10, 2018
A story in an "alternative health site" falsely states mobile phones are causing people to go in ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 10, 2018
A 2006 episode of the Cartoon Network series received a surge in attention after the talk show h ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 10, 2018
A viral video shows the president apparently fumbling for the words as he sings along with the n ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 10, 2018
A more-creative-than-usual junk news piece claimed that Katy Perry, Meryl Streep, and Chelsea Cl ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 10, 2018
Reports that University of Alabama running back Bo Scarbrough's scholarship was revoked over an ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 10, 2018
Critics said that the show romanticized the pre-Civil War South; supporters, in turn decried the ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 10, 2018
Reports that New Jersey state senators were arrested in connection with a child prostitution rin ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 10, 2018
Detractors have seized on Winfrey's 2013 comments about how to end racism in an effort to discre ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 10, 2018
Although an Atlanta Starbucks briefly closed after complaints of contamination, these rumors ste ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 9, 2018
The problem here is that our legal system doesn't really provide for the prosecution of fictiona ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill Alex Kasprak
Jan. 9, 2018
The meteorological phenomenon is rare but not unprecedented.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 9, 2018
A satire site published doctored images that appeared to show former presidents Obama, Bush, and ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 9, 2018
Dubious YouTube videos aside, there is nothing unique about Aquafina bottled water that prevents ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 9, 2018
Reports that the former president's foundation is being investigated for racketeering are fake news.
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 9, 2018
Senator McConnell's office denied an anecdote in "Fire and Fury" supposedly illustrating the low ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 8, 2018
A dubious web site overstated the danger posed by the small blaze in New York City in order to p ...
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