Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 4, 2017
A satirical web site republished in English a fake story that had appeared in both Spanish and P ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 3, 2017
A group of white nationalists afloat at sea claims that non-governmental organizations like Doct ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 3, 2017
News articles accurately recount a real case published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 3, 2017
NASA has announced a job opening for a planetary protection officer, but viral news reports take ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 3, 2017
An old news report about Floyd Mayweather's 2010 arrest appeared with a misleading title in July ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 3, 2017
Xylitol, a sugar substitute, is harmful to dogs, but Pepto-Bismol does not contain it.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 2, 2017
This viral story has its origins in a neighborhood paper, but it is based entirely on the vague ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 2, 2017
A meme posted to Reddit made statements of mixed accuracy about the rights of victims of rape an ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 2, 2017
A video purportedly showing a bolt of lightning striking a river actually captures a controlled ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 1, 2017
The reason the web site that originally made this claim cites zero sources is likely due to the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 1, 2017
A Facebook page reported that Devil's Tower, a large rock formation in Wyoming, was actually the ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Aug. 1, 2017
A theory spread online overstated the consequences of the Arizona senator's July 2017 vote to re ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 1, 2017
A viral Facebook post claimed that a woman was gravely sickened by flesh-eating bacteria in Myrt ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Aug. 1, 2017
Dubious web sites generously provided the Internet with textbook examples of both cherry-picked ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 1, 2017
Two books from the 1890s contain seemingly eerie connections to modern-day politics.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 31, 2017
A man was arrested on suspicion of smuggling cobras and other reptiles into the United States vi ...
Written by: David Emery
July 31, 2017
A hyperpartisan web site offered up a patchwork of half-truths and hyperbole to sow fear and hat ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 31, 2017
The former game show host suffered a head injury in June 2017, but he did not die.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 31, 2017
On June 4, 1965, the military pilot Valentin Privalov flew this plane under the central span of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 31, 2017
A satire site used news of disarray at the White House to push a false story about the new commu ...
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