Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 22, 2017
A satirical web site adds to the archive of distasteful fake stories about Bill and Hillary Clin ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 22, 2017
An image purportedly showing an sign in the London Underground asking people to wear deodorant b ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 22, 2017
An 1898 photograph of a woman named Julia Richardson was mistaken for a photograph of a 1980s te ...
Written by: David Emery
June 21, 2017
Hyperpartisan web sites mischaracterized a State Department cable alerting the U.S. Embassy in R ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 21, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing the couple holding their new twin babies was digitally altered.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 21, 2017
A man took to Facebook to warn others about a stranger who kept "staring" at his wife.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 21, 2017
Sometimes even pets uncomplainingly go along with children's play.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 20, 2017
While both bills could be faulted for periods of closed-door negotiations, experts agreed that t ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 20, 2017
A self-styled "satirical" web site concocted a story about the talk show host being "humiliated" ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 20, 2017
The Democratic candidate has drawn criticism online from President Donald Trump for living just ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 20, 2017
A Redditor's amusing tale of revenge and giant trees was full of holes — and when we got to the ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 20, 2017
The former president called Republican Sen. Jeff Flake to give his best wishes to those targeted ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 20, 2017
We found no record of the Vice President's saying that "only guilty people need to hire a crimin ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 20, 2017
Even real deathbed confessions are questionable enough.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
June 20, 2017
The falsely-attributed quote may have been written by a former UN official with a similar name.
Written by: Bethania Palma
June 19, 2017
A billboard displaying hate speech is nowhere near accurate.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 19, 2017
What was mistaken by some for a snippet from a real video was actually a viral promotion for tel ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
June 19, 2017
While attributed to Hitler, this “leftist” quote actually came from one of Hitler’s political ri ...
Written by: David Emery
June 19, 2017
A parent's Facebook post describes injuries allegedly sustained by her child while wearing a Pud ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 19, 2017
A fake news article claimed that the President's youngest child had won a national academic award.
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