Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 24, 2017
The Associated Press reported that the outgoing president released aid to the Palestinian Author ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 24, 2017
A satirical article on a hoax site riffed on a news cycle controversy.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 24, 2017
Sleeping with onion slices in your socks might give you more space in bed, but it’s certainly no ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 24, 2017
SNL Weekend Update writer Katie Rich has been disciplined for tweeting what critics called a dis ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 24, 2017
A fake Facebook account overstated the amount of conservatives who attended demonstrations world ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 24, 2017
A report that President Obama had promoted former Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl to staff sergean ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 24, 2017
A known hoax purveyor spread false claims that the FBI "raided" the CDC in the middle of the nig ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 24, 2017
The White House phone-in comment line was non-operational in January 2017, but the change took p ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 24, 2017
A fake tweet attributed to President Trump suggested mandatory drug testing would be imposed on ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 24, 2017
An image from Chicago's 2013 'Slutwalk' was circulated with false claims that it was taken at a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 24, 2017
A fake news site leveraged the "Cash Me Outside" meme to fabricate a story about a young teen's ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 23, 2017
Although a statement defending the importance of the arts is frequently attributed to Winston Ch ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 23, 2017
A quote from a 1995 book by the late astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan struck a ner ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 23, 2017
A persistent rumor holds that the term "snowflake" originated during the Holocaust, but no evide ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 23, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing the former president touching First Lady Melania Trump's buttoc ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 23, 2017
Reports that Malia and Sasha Obama were arrested for vandalism in Hawaii originated with a satir ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 23, 2017
A third-party organization has urged Women's March participants to text "COUNT ME" to 89800 to b ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 22, 2017
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that Donald Trump's inauguration was the most viewe ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 22, 2017
A new congressional bill seeks to end U.S. participation in the United Nations, but the same bil ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 22, 2017
A satirical article about Mike Pence's expressing his disappointment in husbands and fathers for ...
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