Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 27, 2017
A viral meme about a Harvard University graduate student gets most (but not all) of the facts right.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 27, 2017
Rumors that a facility for making methamphetamines was found at a store in Decatur originated wi ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 27, 2017
A fake news site appeared to report that WikiLeaks released a cache of so-called "Deep State Fil ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 27, 2017
A popular tweet posited a natural affinity between elephants and humans.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 27, 2017
A misleading headline suggested that the president used first responders' salaries to justify in ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 26, 2017
Reports that the Hungarian-American billionaire experienced a life-threatening cardiac condition ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 26, 2017
A social media image highlighting a supposedly "amazing" aspect to the 2018 calendar is neither ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 25, 2017
Despite misleading claims by a left-wing web site, federal agencies are already allowed to use " ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 24, 2017
The former NBA superstar won a hefty award in 2015 after filing suit against the Dominick's groc ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 23, 2017
Reports that an arrested Nebraska man confessed to murdering more than 30 sex offenders in a 15- ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 23, 2017
Reports that Democrat Doug Jones received votes from over 12,000 dead people in a special Senate ...
Written by: Megan Alpert
Dec. 23, 2017
Past designs of the tokens, have been subtler and included the phrase 'E pluribus unum.'
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 23, 2017
Reports that the comedian was taken into custody by federal authorities over a controversial pol ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 23, 2017
Reports that poll workers in Birmingham were arrested for voter fraud in connection with the spe ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 22, 2017
Reports that a Muslim man deliberately caused the crash of an Amtrak train in Washington by sabo ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 22, 2017
The comedian "offered" two million dollars each to two Republican senators if they voted no on t ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 21, 2017
Asbestos was widely used for a variety of purposes before it was recognized as a significant car ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 21, 2017
Check your wheel wells for critters -- but you don't need to check your car hood for cows.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 21, 2017
A story claiming that a man had scammed people by selling "Bitcoins" was just fake news from a r ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 20, 2017
Viral reports of a woman’s harrowing experience with a life-threatening skin infection are mostl ...
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