Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 13, 2017
A number of hyperpartisan web sites claimed that DNA testing companies deliberately fabricated A ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 13, 2017
A so-called "satire" site published a story falsely claiming black voters committed fraud in Ala ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 13, 2017
Fake news sites took advantage of a controversy about a bullied middle schooler whose mother pos ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 13, 2017
While the company confirmed that photographs taken outside its New York City store are real, the ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 12, 2017
While some studies have found that vegetarians have longer lifespans, the question is difficult ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 12, 2017
A caption appearing to insult the Senate Majority Leader never aired, despite a claim that a scr ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 11, 2017
Abdul El-Sayed's platform actually puts him in opposition to the beliefs espoused by the Muslim ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 11, 2017
"Quantum cloak is composed of quantum stealth material made into clothing."
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 11, 2017
A "satirical" web site publishes yet another cynical and provocative story.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 10, 2017
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 9, 2017
Roy Moore accuser Beverly Young Nelson annotated Moore's 1977 signature and inscription in her h ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 9, 2017
Reports of the arrest of one of Roy Moore's accusers of sexual abuse over "falsification" charge ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 8, 2017
Blowback against the proposed elimination of deductions for personal losses caused by natural di ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 8, 2017
A Facebook post suggesting that teenagers are using a common hand sign to show they wish to buy ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 7, 2017
Report holds that the Palestinian consulate in Mexico City will soon be moved to Houston in reco ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 7, 2017
The German foreign minister gave a speech calling on Germany and Europe to more aggressively ass ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 7, 2017
A disreputable web site devoted to "viral" stories turned two Spanish journalists' work into a s ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 7, 2017
A story claimed a San Diego Zoo employee was accused of sexually assaulting a 500-pound male gor ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 7, 2017
A story employed the colorful portmanteau term "scromiting" to describe an illness potentially r ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 7, 2017
Claims that the LGBT community is adding a "P" to represent "pedosexuals" originated with a homo ...
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