Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 4, 2017
A photograph appearing to show the civil rights leader eloquently gesturing at a camera is a hoax.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 4, 2017 (Updated: May 29, 2024)
That doesn't seem like a good idea.
Written by: David Emery
May 4, 2017
The story is another fake scoop from the always-unreliable World News Daily Report.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 4, 2017
Social media posts claim this plane was shot down by "natives" protesting an oil pipeline in Nor ...
Written by: David Emery
May 4, 2017
A quote attributed to the Vice President of the United States claims that churches heal more peo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 4, 2017
An image purporting to be a screenshot of a news story showing Germany's leader with pixelated h ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 4, 2017
Reports that a student with a handgun stopped a stabbing attack were based on incomplete informa ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 4, 2017
Surveillance video disproved the story, but the restaurant's reputation has not yet recovered.
Written by: Bethania Palma
May 3, 2017
A newborn was photographed holding his mother's failed birth control device, but he was not born ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 3, 2017
An image of a woman at a march welcoming refugees was doctored.
Written by: Arturo Garcia
May 3, 2017
A disreputable web site fabricated a story about an instructor's attacking a disrespectful student.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 3, 2017
According to rumors, a Japanese study found that electronic cigarettes contain far more cancer-c ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 3, 2017
The personal Twitter account for Melania Trump "liked" (then quickly "unliked") a post speculati ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 3, 2017
Desperate situations sometimes call for horrifically desperate measures.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 3, 2017
A historically inaccurate plaque on a Trump-owned golf course commemorates a Civil War battle al ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 2, 2017
Which is rarer: unicorns, or duct-taped antifa protesters?
Written by: Dan Evon
May 2, 2017
A video showing a car driving through a demonstration is real, but it took place in Brazil and h ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 2, 2017
Reports that Jason Jones campaigned against moving the school used outdated and incomplete quote ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 2, 2017
Yoest claimed there was sufficient research to back up the claim in a 2012 interview with the Ne ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 2, 2017
A series of fake news articles portrayed Trump defending Jehovah's Witnesses after a Russian cou ...
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