Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 30, 2017
A real picture with a false caption is being used to spread misinformation about the former Secr ...
Written by: David Emery
May 29, 2017
Fake news sites reported that the former "Happy Days" actor died in a plane crash on his way to ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
May 29, 2017
The city council reportedly voted to give people with animal alter egos the right to defecate an ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 29, 2017
Reports grossly misrepresent the Senate Majority Leader's actual statements.
Written by: David Emery
May 29, 2017
Fake news web sites promulgated the claim that the House minority leader's son murdered his daug ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 29, 2017
An article appearing to report that Trump wrote reviews after a brief trip to the region was int ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 29, 2017
President Trump met with pediatric cancer patient Emilee Imbar, though he did not slip away from ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 29, 2017
An animated image appears to show a volcano erupting during a New Year's firework celebration in ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 29, 2017
A 'satire' site published the claim that a Queens man said a Unicorn Frappuccino 'made him gay'
Written by: Dan Evon
May 26, 2017
A photograph of a "monster bullfrog" is real, but forced perspective makes it look larger than i ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 26, 2017
Hyperpartisan web sites published the false claim that Barack Obama had cancelled Peace Officers ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 26, 2017
A papal video clip mocked President Trump's perceived icy relationship with his wife, Melania.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 26, 2017
A satirical letter shared on the cartoonist's Facebook page was widely believed to be legitimate ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 25, 2017
An image showing Bill Murray and Hunter S. Thompson on a boat was doctored for a viral marketing ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 25, 2017
Theories that terrorist attacks are more likely on the 22nd use faulty data and completely miss ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 25, 2017
An image showing what President Trump and former President Obama wrote in the Yad Yashem guest b ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 25, 2017
Several hyperpartisan web sites falsely attributed an invented quote to the singer.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 25, 2017
An image comparing Pope Francis's mood during President Obama and President Trump's visits doesn ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2017
President Trump was the first sitting president to visit the Jewish holy site, but other preside ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 24, 2017
A "satirical" web site published a fake story of questionable taste.
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