Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 1, 2017
Although Sam Clovis is believed to be in line for a Department of Agriculture appointment, he di ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
June 1, 2017
A meme cherry-picked one snapshot from a longer meeting where the United States president did us ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2017
A hoax article appeared to report that a man from Katy, Texas hired a prostitute and was subsequ ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 31, 2017
Gio Managadze wrote a viral Facebook post claiming he was valedictorian at the University of Mar ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2017
E-mail screenshots touting boxes of Trump campaign merchandise were presumed by some readers to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 31, 2017
Incendiary claims that appear to be calculated to create hostility were created from whole cloth ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 31, 2017
According to archived images of Trump's Twitter page, rumors of a surge in followers were greatl ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 31, 2017
A satirical web site used the claim to poke fun at Trump's executive orders.
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 30, 2017
The Republican from California says he was simply taking pictures, but his political opponent sa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 30, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing a plane releasing a flare salute to soldiers killed in battle i ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
May 30, 2017
This factoid has been repeated so often it might as well be true, but "research" on which it is ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
May 30, 2017
House Bill 3859 would allow adoption agencies to use "religious beliefs" as a criterion for scre ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 30, 2017
Claims about an 11-year-old girl forced to marry a man who raped her appear to be true, but they ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria Dan MacGuill
May 30, 2017
A meme purporting to be a copy of President Trump's "Hotel & Catering Requirements" was likely a ...
Written by: David Emery
May 30, 2017
A viral video that some claim shows the U.S. president making an obscene gesture at Prime Minist ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 30, 2017
A partisan web site grossly misrepresented the nature of Ivanka Trump's involvement in a World B ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 30, 2017
A story about a tainted buffet and a "severe diarrhea incident" at a strip club originated as fa ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 30, 2017
A video posted to Facebook likely shows a pantry moth infestation.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 30, 2017
A satirical article seized on comments by the singer, which were taken out of context.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 30, 2017
A YouTube channel posts weekly horror stories, one of which was mistaken for a real event.
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