Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 8, 2017
A chart purportedly shows how much money Betsy DeVos and her family contributed to Republican se ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 7, 2017
A new Arkansas law makes providing a common procedure for a second-trimester abortion a felony, ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 7, 2017
An image showing a cartoon Donald Trump in a coffin was purportedly featured on 'The Simpsons' a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 7, 2017
Reports that President Trump had temporary banned vaccinations via executive order came from a f ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 7, 2017
A report that Vice President Mike Pence was disappointed God never asked him to sacrifice his ch ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 6, 2017
Claims that Amazon's digital assistant went rogue, ordering dollhouses for a little girl and hun ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Feb. 6, 2017
A dubious quote played on the unlikely idea of rock stars foretelling the political rise of Dona ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 6, 2017
A photograph of 2017 Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady subtly "flipping the bird" at NFL commissioner Rog ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 6, 2017
An image comparing remarks made by President Trump and former President Obama at National Prayer ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 6, 2017
Tepco, the company responsible for clean-up after 2011 Fukushima disaster, found high levels of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 6, 2017
According to rumors, the animated series made several predictions that came true during the 2017 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 6, 2017
A video showing CNN host Anderson Cooper laughing uncontrollably at Trump adviser Kellyanne Conw ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 6, 2017
A 'Fire the Fool' rally against President Trump was announced in February 2017, but the event wa ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 6, 2017
A popular Facebook post asserted green card holders were being registered to vote without their ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 5, 2017
A hoax shared on Facebook claimed that Evolution Fresh brand cold-pressed juices and smoothies w ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Feb. 3, 2017
Despite early uncertainty, the weight of scientific evidence and medical consensus is that abort ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 3, 2017
After reports about the quote emerged, President Donald Trump's chief strategist told journalist ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 3, 2017
A pop culture web site posted a fake announcement by the film and WWE star, touted as 'the only ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 3, 2017
Aggregations akin to a game of 'telephone' led to rumors that President Trump's White House dres ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 3, 2017
Video of a supposed UFO sighting in Malaysia in 2016 was actually taken from a CGI creation post ...
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