Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
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 ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 9, 2017
Reports that the former Fox News host was beaten in a New York City bagel shop by a group of lib ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 8, 2017
The CBO scored previous versions of the health care bill, but has not yet scored the one the Hou ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
May 8, 2017
A Washington, D.C., college student created a web site for people planning a posthumous protest ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 8, 2017
A hoax article reported that U.S. President Trump signed legislation allowing people to hunt the ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 8, 2017
Proposed changes to health care laws revived an old meme attributing a phony quote about Lyme di ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 8, 2017
A blog with a misleading headline falsely reported that Rochester, Minnesota police found Muslim ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 8, 2017
Rumors about the presence of the rendered remains of cats and dogs in pet food have circulated f ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 8, 2017
A series of images purportedly showing Islamic writing, a sink, and a prayer room in President O ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 8, 2017
"That little girl was brave, funny and smart. Also, she said that of her own volition."
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 8, 2017
Although the FCC is looking into obscenity complaints against the late night host, Colbert was n ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 7, 2017
A fake news site photoshopped Malia Obama into an image from a 2013 news report about dogfightin ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
May 7, 2017
Critics of the American Health Care Act have accused Republicans of putting rape victims at risk ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 7, 2017
Reports about President Trump's purchasing a former Rockefeller estate in Maine for use as a "su ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 6, 2017
A rumor that the actors from the hit '90s sitcom 'Friends' are reuniting to shoot another season ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 5, 2017
The product appears to be real, but it isn't, as described, a substitute for cable television.
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 5, 2017
An alleged White House staff e-mail was posted to an anonymous Twitter account.
Written by: David Emery
May 5, 2017
American television's "Science Guy" was criticized for allegedly advocating penalties on large f ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
May 5, 2017
Not life imitating art, but life misrepresenting art.
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