Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 15, 2017
Yes, but it is neither an emergency nor a reason to pressure a partner into sex -- the solution ...
Written by: David Emery
March 15, 2017
Fake news sites spread the false claim that rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested for inciting violence ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 15, 2017
A Facebook prank spread a rumor holding that the Cedar Point amusement park would not open in 20 ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 15, 2017
An image circulated online claims, among other things, that the use of red represents "the blood ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 15, 2017
A 15-year-old tragedy has been warped into a scientifically flawed indictment of vaccinations by ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 15, 2017
A photograph showing the White House press secretary wearing two different types of footwear is ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 14, 2017
The FitnessGram Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more di ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 14, 2017
Reports that the social media maven is stepping down were fiction created to sell a skin care pr ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 14, 2017
According to rumors, the jewelry chain regularly replaces customers' stones with fakes — but the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 14, 2017
Reports that Mike Pence and his staffers died in an airline accident are fake news that reused a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 14, 2017
A photograph of actor Hugh Jackman from a film set was shared online with a joking explanation o ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 14, 2017
Reports that Netflix would be closing in June 2017 because too many people share their accounts ...
Written by: Stephanie Larsen
March 13, 2017
As is often the case, a little bit of factual information is spun into something much more sensa ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 13, 2017
Conflicting reports about Iowa high school students supposedly forced to apologize for wearing r ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 13, 2017
Long-standing rumors that turkey legs sold in Disney parks are actually emu legs spiked after a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 13, 2017
Reports that President Trump eliminated funding for a veterans' suicide hotline are fake news.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 13, 2017
Reports that a man named Ezekiel Wilekenmeyer Williams filed a lawsuit claiming that he was the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 13, 2017
Reports that a Mississippi legislator said children whose parents cannot afford medical care sho ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 13, 2017
A prank news site falsely claimed 'Shameless' star William H. Macy died of a heart attack 'last ...
Written by: David Emery
March 11, 2017
Reports that the House Minority Leader was taken from her office in handcuffs for plotting to ov ...
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