Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Jan. 2, 2017
Eric Braverman announced he had been hired to join a new foundation.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 2, 2017
Pranksters indeed toyed with California's iconic 'Hollywood' sign so that it briefly read "Holly ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 2, 2017
A report that President-elect Trump appointed the former governor of Alaska as a Science and Tec ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 31, 2016
An article from "Gummy Post" incorrectly stated that convicted rapper C-Murder was pardoned by P ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 30, 2016
A large brawl took place at a Kentucky mall in 2015, but according to police the crowd was racia ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Dec. 30, 2016
Despite the insistence of numerous scams on social media, Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry are not ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 30, 2016
Bristol Palin's comments about performers declining to appear at Trump's inauguration were padde ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 30, 2016
A missile was not launched into space by Nazis in 1944, and is not headed for the midwestern Uni ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 30, 2016
There is no evidence "two handfuls" of cashews are as effective as a dose of Prozac, despite a m ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 30, 2016
A report that musician Stevie Wonder was killed in a car crash in December 2016 is fake news.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 30, 2016
A report that a reluctant member of the Electoral College took his own life to avoid voting for ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 30, 2016
A photograph purportedly shows a billboard for Trump Tower in Mumbai with homeless people sleepi ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 29, 2016
Nobel Prize-winning author Sinclair Lewis allegedly warned that when fascism comes to America it ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 29, 2016
A fake news site recycled an ancient urban legend about Chinese restaurants secretly serving dog ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 29, 2016
While many ovens have a warming drawer below the main compartment, this feature is not available ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 29, 2016
An unexpected show of criminal remorse drew national attention toward a San Bernardino non-profi ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 29, 2016
Age-old rumors about viral contamination of food evolved into a claim that HIV is present in can ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 29, 2016
The image was shared widely on social media after the mother and daughter died within one day of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 29, 2016
Reports from December 2016 claiming that actor John Amos had passed away from a heart attack wer ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 28, 2016
An image circulating online falsely attributed some dialogue changes to the Hollywood icon.
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