Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Joey Esposito
July 17, 2025
The discovery of a new exoplanet garnered some big, though somewhat misinformed, reactions online.
Written by: Cindy Shan
July 17, 2025
Social media users shared clippings claiming the SS newspaper attacked the comic book hero and i ...
Written by: Emery Winter
July 17, 2025
Fallstreak holes, also called cavum, sometimes occur when airplanes fly through certain clouds h ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
July 16, 2025
The artist wrote in 2016 that "if you support trump publicly u support bigotry, lying and xenoph ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 16, 2025
According to social media posts, Harris had "explosive evidence" of a Trump crime amounting to " ...
Written by: Jack Izzo
July 16, 2025
The original image, taken in 1997, shows the two men with Belgian model Ingrid Seynhaeve.
Written by: Taija PerryCook
July 16, 2025
Pressure has mounted for the release of more files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom ...
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
July 16, 2025
The disgraced actor made the post around a week after the Justice Department released a memo say ...
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 16, 2025
In the aftermath of the deadly July 2025 floods, users shared AI-generated images to promote mis ...
Written by: Laerke Christensen
July 16, 2025
According to social media posts, "Washington" scrambled to do damage control over the alleged li ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 16, 2025
The former representative was the subject of a House ethics committee investigation.
Written by: Cindy Shan
July 16, 2025
Social media posts claimed most states allow cannibalism. It's true that only one state bans it ...
Written by: Rae Deng
July 15, 2025 (Updated: July 16, 2025)
U.S. President Donald Trump actually sent 700 U.S. Marine Corps troops to Los Angeles in June 20 ...
Written by: Taija PerryCook
July 15, 2025
At least two people died in regional flash floods.
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's eldest son added, "Ask yourselves this question daily and the answ ...
Written by: Megan Loe
July 15, 2025
Posts that circulated on Facebook in July 2025 claimed ICE deported U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. ...
Written by: Cindy Shan
July 15, 2025
A widely circulated rumor claimed Gunn had filed a $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit.
Written by: Jordan Liles
July 15, 2025
Online users shared a video allegedly showing the future U.S. president eyeing a young girl with ...
Written by: Joey Esposito
July 15, 2025
The Republican majority on the House Rules Committee voted against allowing the amendment to be ...
Written by: Emery Winter
July 15, 2025
The same person also posted an out-of-context video claiming bears were leaving the iconic natio ...
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