Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 3, 2017
The source for claims that the White House disabled recording of a phone call between Presidents ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 2, 2017
A story reporting that President Trump ordered he be deemed the winner of the popular vote in 20 ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 2, 2017
A Twitter account falsely attributed an ex-Ku Klux Klan leader's remarks to the Supreme Court no ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 2, 2017
The U.S. Treasury department updated President Obama's sanctions against the Russia's Federal Se ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 2, 2017
A meme contrasted disparate statements by GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on the Sena ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 2, 2017
Tabloid claims that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch had founded a "Fascism Forever" club in h ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 2, 2017
One report claimed the cost of protecting the First Lady while she lives in New York City would ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 2, 2017
Rumors claimed President Trump changed the name of 'Black History Month,' but he wasn't the firs ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 2, 2017
Pizza Hut confirmed that a man named 'Caleb Lee' fabricated a story about a rude store manager's ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 2, 2017
What's true and what's false about a widely shared and infrequently explained image taken of for ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 2, 2017
A CAIR leader avowed that "if you're a true, practicing Muslim, you're above the law of the land ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 2, 2017
A popular report claiming police raided and burned a Standing Rock camp was dubbed 'fake news' b ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Feb. 1, 2017
A story appearing to report that Trump planned a 20 percent cut in U.S. carbon emissions by 2022 ...
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 1, 2017
Trump supporters claim an academic study shows proof of hundreds of thousands of illegitimate vo ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Feb. 1, 2017
Legal experts don't believe President Trump's filing for re-election early will have a noticeabl ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 1, 2017
President Trump signed a large number of executive orders during the first weeks of his administ ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 1, 2017
Reports that the president was swapping out portraits on the White House walls with images of "G ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 1, 2017
A photograph from a separate viral outrage was recaptioned with the claim that it shows a small ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 1, 2017
According to rumors, a Facebook popup window is warning Standing Rock protesters that their acco ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 1, 2017
Some viewers were skeptical about a purported Columbia University yearbook entry for Supreme Cou ...
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