Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Emery
July 14, 2017
Fake news web sites reported that the former President Obama's elder daughter was terminated for ...
Written by: David Emery
July 13, 2017
Articles reporting that former FBI Director James Comey was handcuffed and taken into custody by ...
Written by: David Emery
July 13, 2017
Tall tales of "walking dead" corpses in Indonesia appear to have been inspired by the unusual fu ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 13, 2017
Republican George Faught was put on the spot by fellow state representatives while defending his ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 13, 2017
A satirical web site reported that the granite monument disappeared — and then unexpectedly reap ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 13, 2017
A video of the president picking up and returning a hat was reversed to make it appear as though ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
July 12, 2017
The rapper has been a frequent subject of hoax stories about a supposed fatal cancer diagnosis.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
July 12, 2017
Questionable and clickbait web site completely misrepresented objections to a French mayor's pur ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 12, 2017
A dubious web site falsely reported the death of the Christian Contemporary music artist Don Moen.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
July 11, 2017
An Ohio woman accused the group of harassing her and her son during a "prepper" event.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 11, 2017
A meme comparing White House light displays under the Trump and Obama administration used a digi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 11, 2017
Claims that state lawmakers had passed a bill allowing phrase to appear on license plates origin ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 10, 2017
The United States president has offered to help the terminally ill boy, but there is no evidence ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 10, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing the Russian president surrounded by political counterparts is n ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
July 10, 2017
The company offered Dillon Reagan his job back after his case garnered widespread attention online.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 10, 2017
A photograph of the vehicle is real, but misdated.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 10, 2017
A photograph of Muhammad Ali standing near piles of cash in a bank vault is often shared with in ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
July 10, 2017
Research using a chemical that stimulates stem cells in degraded teeth has been tested in mice w ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 8, 2017
A report of lava gushing out of geysers at Yellowstone National Park following a string of nearb ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 8, 2017
Reports that Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger lost several fingers in a 4th of July fir ...
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