Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 16, 2017
Despite arguments that vaccines are to blame for rising peanut allergies, the claim that peanut ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 15, 2017
Outrage-generating web sites latched on to old news about one school's Valentine's Day policy re ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 15, 2017
A piece in the Huffington Post that reports that the retail chain is filing for bankruptcy prote ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 15, 2017
The politically flavored frozen treat is a mockup — not an official product from the ice cream c ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 15, 2017
A California businessman who wanted to run for a Congress seat established a committee calling f ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 15, 2017
Reports that the singer, a Hillary Clinton supporter, threatened President Trump after performin ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 15, 2017
Spoiler alert: The dictionary definition of the word 'trumpery' employs such expressions as 'dec ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 15, 2017
A video captures a Paris demonstration mounted over allegations of a police rape, an incident th ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 15, 2017
A rude tweet attributed to President Trump that appeared to disparage minority students and disa ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 15, 2017
News about free money is always a hit, as exemplified by the popularity of a satirical item clai ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 14, 2017
The vessel has been seen near the state of Delaware, but has violated no laws as it remains in i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 14, 2017
Reports that the Education Secretary said a 40 percent approval rating meant President Donald Tr ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 14, 2017
A popular video claims that sharing "copy and paste" Facebook status updates leaves social media ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 14, 2017
President Donald Trump supposedly sent former President Barack Obama a bill for all the vacation ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 14, 2017
An online clickbait "poll" asked readers if they supported President Trump's non-existent ban on ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 14, 2017
Confusing media coverage led many social media users to believe Burger King was distributing "ad ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 13, 2017
An article appearing to report that U.S. President Donald Trump called Canadian Prime Minister J ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 13, 2017
A popular quote about stopping adverse political movements is frequently shared without full con ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 13, 2017
SpaceX is transporting an experiment that hopes to document genetic mutations to MRSA as a way t ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 13, 2017
Some observers claimed they saw elements of a 'Satanic ritual' in Lady Gaga's halftime performan ...
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