Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 29, 2016
A 2006 article in New York Magazine publicly outed the brother of Kathleen "KT" McFarland.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 29, 2016
A story that the President is banning all fake news came from — you guessed it — a fake news site.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 29, 2016
According to rumors on social media, the President-elect owns shares in the company building the ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 29, 2016
A report that a woman tried to kill her boyfriend for attempting to copulate with an uncooked tu ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 29, 2016
A meme about Colorado's "free birth control" program is mostly accurate, but lacks some importan ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 29, 2016
A viral video claiming that the BBC used computer graphics to capture a viral "iguana vs. snake" ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 29, 2016
A viral petition about the proposed sale of groundwater to Nestlé in Michigan lacked some context.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 29, 2016
Despite rumors, Ivanka Trump isn't moving into the White House with her father because his wife ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 28, 2016
Reports that millions of Muslims protested against ISIS and that the news media ignored the even ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 28, 2016
In response to a controversial 2016 remark made by Donald Trump opposing flag burning, someone f ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 28, 2016
An old photograph of Jill Stein was used to claim that the Green Party presidential candidate ha ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 28, 2016
An image purporting to show a tweet sent by Donald Trump, in which he promised to pardon accused ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 28, 2016
A social media meme shared outdated information about the use of backless booster seats (also kn ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 28, 2016
An irregularity that showed more ballots cast than votes counted was corrected when the official ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 28, 2016
A report that Donald Trump tapped El Chapo as head of the Drug Enforcement Administration origin ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 28, 2016
According to rumors on social media, trace amounts of tallow are present in the UK's new polymer ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 28, 2016
A viral Facebook post claimed that a baby died in his sleep after his mother applied Vicks VapoR ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 28, 2016
A story about a man purportedly arrested over his efforts to use wind power on his own property ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 28, 2016
There is no proof an image showing a white-clad little girl is a "child bride," or that Germany ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 27, 2016
A fairly obvious joke attributing a prophetic quote to Fidel Castro after his death was mistaken ...
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