Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 19, 2017
Despite reports, emboldened protesters in Charlottesville have not started unearthing the bodies ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 18, 2017
Right-wing web sites accurately describe the basic facts of a real incident which lasted for aro ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 18, 2017
A bust of Abraham Lincoln was vandalized in Chicago, but it's unclear who did it and when it hap ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 18, 2017
A false article convinced some that NASA scientists miscalculated the solar eclipse date and wer ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 18, 2017
Right-wing Facebook pages created a meme containing a fabricated quote attributed to the Democra ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 18, 2017
An image purportedly showing a rainbow-colored mountain range in California was digitally manipu ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Aug. 17, 2017
A California scientist told us that Breitbart's story on his team's 2013 study was "not an accur ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 17, 2017
An image of Steve Bannon with a bloody lip was a creatively edited — but convincing — photograph ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 17, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing Queen singer Freddie Mercury applying intricate maquillage was ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Aug. 16, 2017
Sam Wormer contradicted a dubious account of an injury he posted on social media.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 16, 2017
News articles accurately describe the settlement and compensation terms of a real lawsuit involv ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 16, 2017
An authentic quote from Lincoln has attracted renewed attention, along with some commentary that ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 16, 2017
Clashes with neo-Nazis in Charlottesville did not inspire "leftists" to demand the removal of a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 16, 2017
Flyers calling for the murder of white children were not created or distributed by an anti-fasci ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Aug. 16, 2017
A transcript of Trump's remarks appeared to show him aligning himself with neo-Nazi marchers, bu ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 15, 2017
Bill Baxley wrote the famously succinct letter to a KKK Grand Dragon in 1976 in response to thre ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 15, 2017
A report by CBS News highlights a nearly 100 percent termination rate in the pregnancies of Icel ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 15, 2017
Various right-leaning sources immediately — and inaccurately — identified the driver of the vehi ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 15, 2017
News articles accurately describe real signs posted around a hotel in Arosa, Switzerland that we ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 15, 2017
A web hosting company says they are being compelled to turn over all information about an anti-T ...
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