Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 14, 2017
The World War II-era short film "Don't Be a Sucker" cited Nazi propaganda as an example of how h ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2017
A doctored photograph appearing to show Trump posing with a white supremacist garnered attention ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 14, 2017
A conservative web site accurately described a remarkable decline in the debt during the first h ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Aug. 14, 2017
A conservative web site mischaracterized the case against Rosa Ortega, who voted illegally -- an ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing an Antifa member hitting a police officer has been digitally ma ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 14, 2017
A post on neo-Nazi web site Daily Stormer suggested the site was seized by Anonymous, but it's m ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 14, 2017
A satirical web site publishes the latest in a series of entirely false stories about Malia Obama.
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 13, 2017
An image positing that First Lady Melania Trump again copied words from Michelle Obama while den ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 13, 2017
A photograph showing a black police officer protecting participants in a white supremacist prote ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 11, 2017
We found no evidence that the Russian president made this comment.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 11, 2017
Despite rumors to the contrary, Trump's comments about North Korea were not plagiarized from a C ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 11, 2017
A dubious right-wing web site makes a false claim about the family of California lawmaker Kevin ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 11, 2017
Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have not announced that "Our L ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 11, 2017
A hoax news article falsely reports that the House Minority Leader was involved in a collision w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 11, 2017
Various outlets misleadingly quoted a 2013 article to blame President Obama for a 2017 roach inf ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 11, 2017
An article regurgitated a slightly misleading characterization of a Texas bill to reduce health ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 10, 2017
The professor had a syllabus posted to his web site outlining a "stress reduction policy" — whic ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 10, 2017
The claim comes from a 2013 blog post about preparing for the collapse of civilization, but it i ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 10, 2017
In an interview with a music magazine, the singer said she's taken the flag away as a backdrop d ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 10, 2017
News articles exaggerated the health risks associated with normal consumption of cocktails such ...
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