Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 19, 2017
A photograph that purportedly shows a church sign bearing a joke calling Donald Trump a "pervert ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 19, 2017
The late civil rights activist wrote in 1986 that appointing Sessions as a federal judge would ' ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 18, 2017
A story about President Obama, a hot mic, and offensive comments at a Martin Luther King Day eve ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 18, 2017
Chinese customers are buying bottles of fresh air from businesses that "farm" it where there is ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 18, 2017
Large fish are not a practical substitute for museums.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 18, 2017
"He was armed and dangerous, but so is my mouth.”
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 18, 2017
A controversial film suggests that 35,000 servicemembers died from anthrax vaccinations, but we ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 17, 2017
Reports about President Obama's placement of a hubristic statue in the Oval Office are fake news.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 17, 2017
A commemorative 'In Trump We Trust' coin was created as a souvenir by a private Russian company, ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 17, 2017
A poem inspired by Donald Trump's inauguration was widely shared as if it were the official poem ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 17, 2017
A misconstrued comment from an ACLU representative led to rumors the organization demanded polic ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 17, 2017
According to social media rumors, House Speaker Paul Ryan is not allowing any calls or faxes to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 17, 2017
Demand Protest placed several ads seeking paid protesters in January 2017, but the "company" was ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 17, 2017
A dubious web site fabricated an account of a student protest over President Trump's plans for a ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Jan. 17, 2017
This claim has its roots in an unsourced article from a man who likely does not exist, and whose ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 17, 2017
A photograph showing a large group of motorcyclists riding on a highway is not related to Donald ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 17, 2017
A fake news site built upon rumors about Donald Trump and Russian sex workers to falsely claim a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 16, 2017
Rep. John Lewis proclaimed that Donald Trump's inauguration would the first he declined to atten ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Jan. 16, 2017
A specious theory that the U.S. has turned citizens into "collateral" was developed by a convict ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 16, 2017
A video shows a man convulsing on the floor at a Walmart store, with bystanders doing nothing to ...
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