Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 11, 2017
A bit of military satire involving involving United Airlines and Syria was mistaken for real new ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 10, 2017
Twitter sleuths alleged that the racial justice movement was funded by the Putin administration, ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
April 10, 2017
A satirical post about the First Family had readers doing a double-take.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 10, 2017
A fake news article reported that the private real estate company had won a lucrative contract t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 10, 2017
A widely circulated photograph was a stain on the presidential image.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 10, 2017
While there is a limited amount of science behind some medical claims about bee propolis (market ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 10, 2017
Reports that the former First Daughter was booted from Harvard for a drug violation are fake news.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 10, 2017
Online reports claimed that President Trump owns stock in Raytheon and thereby profited from a U ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 8, 2017
Images that purport to show "blue strawberries" were digitally manipulated.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 8, 2017
"Natural hair being viewed as a messy look is causing many women to feel inadequate and less des ...
Written by: David Emery
April 8, 2017
Unreliable web sites spread the false claim that senior White House officials openly admitted th ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 7, 2017
An audit of Housing and Urban Development's books was carried out by the Office of the Inspector ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
April 7, 2017
Rumors that the former U.S. president was arrested in connection with the seizure of massive amo ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 7, 2017
Reports that Kenneth Copeland threatened Trump opponents with gay children were actually hoax news.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 7, 2017
A fake news item claimed President Obama failed to tip a prominent Chicago businessman filling i ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
April 6, 2017
A 2014 study makes this argument, but its findings are complex and contested.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 6, 2017
Reports that three celebrities were caught by the Secret Service plotting to kill President Tru ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 6, 2017
A report claiming Sen. Warren pays women less than men doesn't take into account the differing j ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 6, 2017
An old fake news item appeared to play off stereotypes about Chicago and controversial "dead pea ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 6, 2017
Reports that the remains of a mythical beast were found in the Nordic island nation were just an ...
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