Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 24, 2017
Reports that the NFL was fining Pittsburgh Steelers players $1 million each for staying in their ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 23, 2017
A meme claiming that Trump plagiarized a September 2017 speech from a 2014 talk by the former Fi ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 22, 2017
A bizarre false flag conspiracy theory falsely links an actor from NBC's 'The Office' to the Par ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 22, 2017
A 27-year-old comic strip by Peter Kuper received renewed interest on social media in 2017.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 22, 2017
Some fake news sites just can't get over their obsessions with pederasty, likely because it make ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 22, 2017
Despite claims made in a viral video, purported unidentified flying objects are actually identif ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 21, 2017
A viral Facebook video contains false and unproven claims about the humanitarian organization's ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 21, 2017
Rumors that the actress had announced that she wanted to move were based on the misinterpretatio ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 21, 2017
A warning video about the use of the insecticide naled in parts of Texas gets some facts wrong a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 21, 2017
A Facebook prank site published a hoax report that soda and candy would no longer be eligible fo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 20, 2017
According to rumors, the actor told an interviewer that there is no difference between the two e ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 20, 2017
Blogs claimed "liberals" were offended over Hobby Lobby cotton decor products because a single F ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Sept. 20, 2017
A disreputable web site fabricated a story about the Democratic presidential nominee and MSNBC h ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 20, 2017
The controversy was grounded in a real incident, for which the worker's employer apologized.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 20, 2017
Reports claiming President Trump and Congress have abolished child support were completely false ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 20, 2017
Neither Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, nor Dollar General is closing all their stores, despite a wi ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Sept. 19, 2017
An image circulating online attributes an insensitive (and fabricated) quote to the Secretary of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 19, 2017
An image purportedly showing a 30-foot wave crashing down on Jennette's Pier in North Carolina i ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Sept. 18, 2017
A satirical web site publishes yet another entirely false story.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 18, 2017
Some Kroger grocery stores are offering children under 12 years of age a free piece of fruit to ...
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