Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 16, 2017
Despite preliminary indications that the Trump family's government-paid travel expenses are high ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 16, 2017
A disreputable web site published an illogical and inaccurate conspiracy theory about a valet wo ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 16, 2017
While a discovery from 2016 did reveal the presence of a small asteroid trapped in Earth’s orbit ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 16, 2017
A photograph showing a home with a green lawn surrounded by charred land is real, but the back s ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 16, 2017
Divers did uncover the ruins of Thonis-Heracleion, but the discovery was not new in 2017 — contr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 16, 2017
An image purportedly showing a woman who was pierced by a urine icicle originated on a 1990s-era ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 16, 2017
A video showing a little girl hanging on to a door on a windy day is real, but it was not captur ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Emery
Oct. 14, 2017
Anecdotal reports say the expression "a shot of whiskey" came into being when cowboys traded bul ...
Written by: Dan Evon Alex Kasprak
Oct. 14, 2017
The Mississippi River is not "going dry" as it drains into a fault line, despite claims made in ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria Alex Kasprak
Oct. 13, 2017
A deleted Facebook post alleged that a man's energy drink consumption caused a brain hemorrhage ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 13, 2017
A disreputable web site distorted real concerns over children who have gone missing from the sta ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 13, 2017
In the spirit of bipartisanship and good foreign relations, there's always room for two Thanksgi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 13, 2017
Reports that the Mandalay Bay security guard wounded in the Las Vegas mass shooting has been arr ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 12, 2017
A popular claim about gun-related fatalities revitalized after the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 12, 2017
Research documenting chemical changes in the Yellowstone magma chamber prior to a past eruption ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 12, 2017
A creepy vintage image of dubious provenance purports to illustrate an outdated psychiatric trea ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 12, 2017
A woman posted an image of a petition that she says an anonymous individual gave her at the hote ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 11, 2017
News reports were based on false claims made by a CBS reporter, who has since resiled from them.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 11, 2017
A video uses editing and 3D models to make it appear as if the cars routinely miss each other by ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 10, 2017
An image purportedly showing LeBron James wearing a "We march, y'all mad" shirt was digitally ma ...
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