Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 21, 2016
The misconception that coil mattresses promote cancer came from a 'Scientific American' blog pos ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 21, 2016
Pictures posted by an Algerian photographer showing snow in the hills above the Sahara desert ar ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 20, 2016
Adam Saleh, who shared a video of what he claimed was his removal from a Delta flight for speaki ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 20, 2016
We cannot tell a lie: George Washington's false teeth weren't made out of wood, though the mater ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 20, 2016
A viral message requesting prayers for a young boy named Dakota is several months old and has fr ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 20, 2016
Untrustworthy web sites reported that at President Obama's behest, the United Nations ordered th ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 20, 2016
Though it has since been deleted, Mick Mulvaney did pose this question in a Facebook post in res ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 20, 2016
Misinformation abounds about whether dental caries are contagious, based largely on a since-dele ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 20, 2016
A 2010 article about the imminent occurrence of the "darkest night in 500 years" and a lunar ecl ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 20, 2016
A tweet in which the U.S. President threatened to arrest the actor who has famously portrayed hi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 20, 2016
A quote ostensibly uttered by Russian president Vladimir Putin criticizing President Obama is a ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 20, 2016
A controversy over the removal of a city hall nativity display in the Belgian town of Holsbeek s ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 20, 2016
The @RudolphGiuliani Twitter account (not affiliated with the former New York City mayor) was su ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 19, 2016
Social media rumors accused Centerville Elementary School of canceling a Christmas play because ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 19, 2016
A photograph showing a Russian flag on display at the Texas State Capitol has been shared widely ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 19, 2016
A report that Donald Trump would travel to Russia's famed Red Square as part of his "victory tou ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Dec. 19, 2016
Preliminary research has shown that a single compound found in bee venom can destroy HIV, but it ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 19, 2016
A video purportedly showing Hillary, Bill, and Chelsea Clinton prematurely celebrating an electi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 19, 2016
An article reporting that the staff at a restaurant in Hawaii walked out in protest over Preside ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 19, 2016
Hillary Clinton garnered 4.3 million more votes than Donald Trump in the nation's most populous ...
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