Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 31, 2017
A viral post misrepresents the science behind three additives in the popular peanut butter and c ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 31, 2017
Although a photograph showing a bull warning sign is frequently shared with a claim that it was ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 31, 2017
Swedish police have identified “problem areas,” but say there is no such thing as a “no-go zone.”
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 30, 2017
A dubious news site fabricated a story about a mass escape — but it couldn't even keep its detai ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 30, 2017
Claims that newly-arrived asylum seekers are causing a crime wave in Sweden are not supported by ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 29, 2017
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee owns stock in a California winery that says the ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 29, 2017
Downeast Direct Cremations has offered the service for free to contest winners, attracting the a ...
Written by: David Emery
March 29, 2017
Hyperpartisan web sites spread the false claim that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be disba ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 29, 2017
Claims that Sweden leads the world in sexual assault and rape are not supported by data.
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 28, 2017
The Internal Revenue Service granted nonprofit status in 2014 to an organization that now sponso ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 28, 2017
"The Donald's very pregnant wife is trumping the slew of expecting stars who've been photographe ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 28, 2017
A quote from the founder of Cornerstone Church about the relative bust size of gay women was fake.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 28, 2017
A familiar urban legend about retail environments and human trafficking popped up again in a vir ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 28, 2017
The House Intelligence Committee chair was a speaker at an event for public figures and official ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 27, 2017
A DNC tweet celebrating a Republican setback featured an altered version of a message from the P ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 27, 2017
The "mainstream media" isn’t covering the discovery of a cargo container full of young black wom ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 27, 2017
Supreme Court justices did not pen a "letter" saying President Trump was "completely wrong in c ...
Written by: David Emery
March 25, 2017
Unreliable sources claimed that Denis Voronenkov, a Vladimir Putin critic who was shot dead in U ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 25, 2017
Reports that Leni Robredo was sanctioned by the U.S. for "destabilizing" her country's governmen ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 24, 2017
Although there are still a number of missing teenagers in the D.C. area, local police refuted cl ...
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