Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 21, 2017
The Department of Interior took action after a tweet was shared via the National Park Service ac ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 21, 2017
Claims about President Trump's lifting lines from various films for his inaugural address were u ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 20, 2017
The First Lady's site bio included mentions of jewelry lines promoted by the shopping network.
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 20, 2017
A Time magazine reporter erroneously tweeted that a bust of civil rights icon Martin Luther King ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 20, 2017
While Obama referred to himself more often in his farewell speech than Donald Trump did in his i ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 20, 2017
Capsaicin does have cancer fighting properties in the lab, but its use as an anti-cancer therapy ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 20, 2017
In 2014, two 12-year-old girls arrested for stabbing a schoolmate in Waukesha, Wisconsin told po ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 20, 2017
While the Clinton Global Initiative will be shutting down, the Foundation itself is still a goin ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 20, 2017
An unidentified source purportedly stated that Donald Trump asked for missiles and artillery at ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 20, 2017
Readers misinterpreted as news a spoof political story that was clearly intended to be satirical ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 20, 2017
Donald Trump's January 2017 assertion that his next campaign slogan would be 'Keep America Great ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 20, 2017
While the U.S. presidency transitioned from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, rumors swirled that th ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 20, 2017
An old photograph of Joe Biden chatting with a woman at a town hall meeting was digitally manipu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 20, 2017
A photograph purportedly showing a Maryland highway sign exhorting motorists to avoid Inaugurati ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 20, 2017
Early on Inauguration Day 2017, some older unrelated images of crowds were passed off as depicti ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 20, 2017
Yet another of the multiple images posted online surrounding the 2016 election in an attempt to ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 19, 2017
We found no evidence supporting the claim that Georgia Rep. John Lewis is "avoiding" property ta ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 19, 2017
A photograph showing two men standing next to a dog whose ears they had apparently cut off went ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 19, 2017
No, Donald Trump didn't visit an auction house to stage an inaugural speechwriting photograph at ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 19, 2017
A homeless woman was found holding a dead baby at a Portland, Oregon bus stop, but this photogra ...
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