Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 5, 2016
A story that the former Alaska governor called for the boycott after discovering that the mall h ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 4, 2016
Reports that Donald Trump said that he plans to reinstate a military draft in the U.S. originate ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 3, 2016
Reports that New Jersey governor Chris Christie had been arrested for keying Donald Trump's limo ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 3, 2016
Rumors holding Wisconsin "recount observers" discovered tampered state voting machines conflated ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 2, 2016
According to social media claims, Sen. Elizabeth Warren made the request from a non-partisan gov ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 2, 2016
A quote calling anti-war protesters "pussies" currently being attributed to Marine Corps Gen. Ja ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 2, 2016
Supposedly flat broke and suicidal at 65, KFC's Colonel Sanders parlayed his Kentucky-fried chic ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 2, 2016
The cartoon cat and mouse duo survived explosions, burns, falling anvils, misplaced rakes, and e ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 2, 2016
A story about a Muslim beating up a little boy for having blue eyes is frequently shared with a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 2, 2016
Many conservative pundits misconstrued a statistic about population density vs. voting patterns.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 2, 2016
Photographs purporting to show the wife and daughter of President-elect Donald Trump wearing shi ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Dec. 1, 2016
A conservative meme omits Republican support for a $6 billion cut that affected some military re ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 1, 2016
A hoax news article reported that President-elect Donald Trump planned on banning homosexuality ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 1, 2016
A meme about "Christian-owned airlines" changing wing lights to red and green is just a spoof.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 1, 2016
An OSU employee is accused of urging compassion in a since-deleted Facebook post about suspected ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 1, 2016
A video purporting to show a 50-foot-long squid beached in Punakaiki, New Zealand, was a hoax.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 1, 2016
A Standing Rock spokesperson denied claims that the government has been dumping chemicals on peo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 1, 2016
Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh did pen an open letter requesting that gun owners refrain from bring ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 1, 2016
Brandon Hall was convicted on several counts of election fraud related to a 2012 signature gathe ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 1, 2016
Scarelore about purported lead levels in vintage Pyrex does not jibe with the popular brand's do ...
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