Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
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 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 10, 2017
A hoax news article reported that the daughter of former president Barack Obama had been killed.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 10, 2017
Clickbait articles on Facebook are misleading users into thinking people no longer need a member ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 10, 2017
An image showing a blue whale dwarfing a rowboat under which it appears to be swimming is actual ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 10, 2017
A satirical article about a Mennonite biker gang was mistaken by some for real news.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 10, 2017
A single source claimed that Hillary Clinton was offered a plea deal after the Justice Departmen ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 9, 2017
An Australian jeweler creates small pieces incorporating ashes of unused embryos from in vitro f ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 9, 2017
A photograph of Pope Francis greeting Holocaust survivors is part of a meme containing the basel ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 9, 2017
Stories that the Arizona senator admitted that his "no" vote to repeal parts of the ACA was an a ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 8, 2017
Online reports of the discovery by Russian medical researchers of a "cure" or "vaccine" for homo ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 8, 2017
As part of a lawsuit settlement, residents are barred from discussing Muslims or Islam at a plan ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 8, 2017
A Dunkin' Donuts worker supposedly refused service to two plainclothes NYPD officers, but the st ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 8, 2017
Although Trump did mention the word "Pizzagate", he was referring to a non-controversy over a lu ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 7, 2017
Both pop singers were targeted by fake news stories reporting that they had exposed a pedophile ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 7, 2017
A satirical web site poked fun at Islamophobia by claiming fly protection gear for horses was re ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 7, 2017
Despite a series of images showing melted street lights and trees on fire, the temperature in Ku ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 7, 2017
The 16-year-old was likely bitten by an unusually large number of sea fleas -- not sea lice, as ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 7, 2017
Starbucks Dreamer Day was a hoax concocted on 4chan's /pol/ forum as a way to drive a wedge betw ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 4, 2017
Early 1950s efforts to prepare Americans for nuclear war included the erection of signs giving a ...
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