Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 7, 2017
Claims that the LGBT community is adding a "P" to represent "pedosexuals" originated with a homo ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 6, 2017
Fake news web sites reported that Michelle Obama desperately wanted to attend Prince Harry's wed ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 6, 2017
A "news site" impersonating ABC News published a fake story about a grisly police investigation.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 6, 2017
An article reporting that the actor had insulted former President Barack Obama by calling him a ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 6, 2017
Changing your Twitter account's country to Germany does cause some far-right profiles to be with ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 6, 2017
A fake news article seemingly reporting that the Jacksonville Jaguars had filed for bankruptcy w ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 6, 2017
Although a jetliner was captured on video climbing steeply, it was probably not ascending at an ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 5, 2017
The legislation grants tax breaks to families with children in private schools, while repealing ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 5, 2017
An image purporting to show two men with signs — one reading "We must stop the war on Christmas" ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 5, 2017
Living Way Ministries said its pastor did not approve of the sign, but at least two other church ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 5, 2017
Myriad studies have suggested that turmeric can treat or prevent dementia, but evidence of its e ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Dec. 5, 2017
What's true and what's false about the 2017 tax bill and its rumored provisions.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 5, 2017
The allegation that Perfect Petzzz toys use real animal fur is based on the hunch of a single so ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 4, 2017
Although gruesome photographs were misrepresented by a Nigerian politician, men from sub-Saharan ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 4, 2017
Proponents of keeping the FCC's net neutrality regulations cited a Portuguese company's mobile d ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 4, 2017
Roy Moore contributed to a study course which argued that women should not hold political office ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 4, 2017
Contrary to rumor, the tax bill does not eliminate deductions for small business expenses, thoug ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 4, 2017
An "entertainment" web site publishes an unpleasant and fabricated article about the gruesome de ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Dec. 3, 2017
A disreputable web site capitalized on an old conspiracy theory about the death of the reggae ic ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 2, 2017
Reports that a new restaurant recently opened in Japan is the first in the world to legally offe ...
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