Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 12, 2017
Sargento is the latest victim of a "zombie recall" form of fake news, when an outdated consumer ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 12, 2017
Photographs that purportedly show a giant squid carcass that washed up on an Indonesia beach act ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 11, 2017
A fake news web site stole an image from a 2013 incident in Egypt, then used it to claim that it ...
Written by: David Emery
May 11, 2017
Articles alleging that a cargo ship owned by the Clinton Foundation was found to contain foreign ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 11, 2017
Reports that Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard from the band Florida Georgia Line were getting marr ...
Written by: David Emery
May 10, 2017
Unreliable web sites falsely reported that Danney Williams, who has claimed to be President Bill ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 10, 2017
A Facebook page for punk fans recirculated an old (and fake) story that the Sex Pistols were a K ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 10, 2017
A misleading headline reporting that the actor had "come out" had nothing to do with his sexuality.
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 10, 2017
Fox News erroneously reported that the former FBI director had resigned, but corrected the recor ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 10, 2017
The Witty Liberal Facebook page resurrected a fake news story from early 2016 about the pastor.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 10, 2017
A purported screenshot of a tweet sent by former FBI director James Comey is fake.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 10, 2017
The American Civil Liberties Union did issue a warning about travel to Texas, but it is not the ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
May 9, 2017
A conservative-leaning website strained to connect Brown to a probe he personally ordered.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 9, 2017
Joakim Noah skipped a dinner with the cadets while training at West Point, but the NBA star did ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
May 9, 2017
Online users exploited a bug on the President's campaign website to create fake URLs.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 9, 2017
A hyperpartisan web site misquoted a legal motion filed by President Trump's lawyers.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 9, 2017
A ceremony organized by black students at Harvard was spun into a rumor that the university is s ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 9, 2017
Reports that a Syrian refugee was receiving close to $400,000 annually were based on incomplete ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 9, 2017
A number of sketchy sites posted an item about a "gay gang" called the "Sweet Bloods" and a purp ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 9, 2017
Video purportedly showing oddly-colored smoke and steam rising from a eruption was digitally man ...
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