Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 10, 2017
The magazine mogul paid $75,000 to be laid to rest beside the actress, who was (unwillingly) the ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 10, 2017
Two disreputable web sites seized on tragic events in upstate New York to further their conspira ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 10, 2017
A distasteful fake news story got a partisan makeover when it was passed from one disreputable w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 10, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing a foot after "Cinderella Surgery" is actually a digital creation.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 10, 2017
Morgan Freeman isn't dead, as reported by a fake news site.
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 9, 2017
A controversy arose over a reported lack of Hanukkah items offered for sale in Hobby Lobby stores.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 9, 2017
A 1988 decision about a backyard game has been used to highlight ongoing political inaction arou ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 9, 2017
Detroit's fire commissioner confirmed that a probationary firefighter was terminated for work be ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 9, 2017
Judi Dench once put a temporary tattoo of Harvey Weinstein's initials on her backside as a joke.
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 6, 2017
Dr. David Wartinger of Michigan State University published a medical study suggesting that a rid ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 6, 2017
There is no proof that a viral image insulting the president has been posted "all over" the hurr ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 6, 2017
Two conservative radio hosts claimed without proof that an unnamed source revealed a retaliation ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 6, 2017
There is no proof that a vague post the day before the anniversary of 9/11 "predicted" the mass ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 6, 2017
A meme with a fabricated quote painted the U.S. Representative as having been shockingly insensi ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 5, 2017
The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history has led to a cacophony of rumors, hoaxes, ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 5, 2017
News reports accurately describe a decision made by Tennessee businessman Allan Jones.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 5, 2017
The Department of Agriculture agreed to waive the usual "hot food" ban for food stamps and denie ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 4, 2017
Single data points presented without context do not interfere with the scientific consensus on c ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 4, 2017
Pizza Hut is not giving three pizzas away to contest entrants in celebration of their 58th anniv ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 4, 2017
A page falsely posing as part of the anti-fascist movement put up a post claiming that "comrades ...
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