Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 4, 2017
A bizarre conspiracy theory holding that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock died in 2013 was base ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 3, 2017
Conspiracy theorists spread false information that a second person targeted a country music conc ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 3, 2017
A "satirical" web site published an especially crude story about the former president, which was ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 3, 2017
Conspiracy theorists attempted to tie the alleged Las Vegas mass shooter to an anti-Trump protes ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 3, 2017
There is no truth to a widely-shared claim that the flight crew of the New Orleans Saints' team ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 2, 2017
A meme circulated in an effort to discredit professional athletes protesting racism contained fa ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 2, 2017
Some social media posts defending the Trump administration's relief efforts in Puerto Rico follo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 2, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing the Army Black Knights team kneeling in protest actually shows ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 2, 2017
A woman claiming to be a police officer in Puerto Rico suggested that federal relief was not bei ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 2, 2017
An old but still thriving urban legend about Walt Disney World in Florida holds that the theme p ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 2, 2017
A "satirical" web site published a fake story about the sportswear company, which has in fact ex ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 1, 2017
The newspaper's managing editor chided stars who he said were courting "unpopularity" by speakin ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 30, 2017
A viral meme got some facts right about an infamous 1980s lawsuit involving Donald Trump's footb ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 29, 2017
A doctored photograph purportedly showed a member of the Seattle Seahawks setting a U.S. flag on ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 28, 2017
The New York City Board of Elections has said that their computer system is to blame for a mix-u ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Sept. 28, 2017
Green Beret and NFL player Nate Boyer confirmed he convinced the quarterback to "take a knee," r ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 28, 2017
Some were fooled by a joke that depicted the press secretary as repeating conspiracy theories ab ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 28, 2017
Some hirsute equines can indeed grow mustaches; in this case, the dapper pictures do not lie.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 28, 2017
Rumors holding that a morgue employee was involved in a salacious organ trafficking operation or ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Sept. 27, 2017
The iconic founder of the Playboy empire died of natural causes at his famous mansion.
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