Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 12, 2017
Two articles heralding anti-fingerprint theft technology kicked off a wave of claims that hacker ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 12, 2017
The report came out of a hoax news site that was mocked up to look like an official news outlet ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 11, 2017
Raggedy Ann's creator filed patents for the doll several months before his daughter fell ill and ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 11, 2017
A story that SIU-C will be shuttering its doors originated from a hoax news web site.
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 11, 2017
Chicago, to name one city that enacted an "ugly law," didn't repeal its ordinance banning people ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 11, 2017
A story that thousands of cattle were left dead after a winter storm was from 2015, not 2017.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 11, 2017
While a law firm working with Donald Trump was named "Russia Law Firm of the Year," this is not ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 11, 2017
A video that appears to show bugs found inside the foil Ferrero Rocher candy wrappers could have ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 11, 2017
Actor Denzel Washington said that making movies was a luxury, a comment that was unrelated to Me ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 11, 2017
After attaining Instagram popularity, a wedding photograph developed a fabricated backstory abou ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 11, 2017
Twitter hasn't announced they are deleting the account of President-elect Donald Trump over alle ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 10, 2017
Clinton has topped Gallup polls as its most admired woman 21 times.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 10, 2017
Memos leaked to the media claiming that Trump was blackmailed by Russian operatives are not veri ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 10, 2017
Reports that entertainment celebrities are going on an all-out strike until Donald Trump resigns ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 10, 2017
Web sites like TruePeopleSearch and FamilyTreeNow cause alarm by displaying address and family i ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 10, 2017
A bizarre and offensive quote about rape, Muslims, and Planned Parenthood attributed to Senator ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 10, 2017
An animated image purportedly showing Meryl Streep mocking a disabled person during an appearanc ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 10, 2017
A popular screenshot of a purported Facebook argument over Obamacare versus the ACA is of indete ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 9, 2017
A Facebook message urges viewers not to watch Donald Trump's inauguration, but that form of prot ...
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 9, 2017
A fake news article posted on several unreliable web sites claimed actress Meryl Streep was fire ...
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