Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 27, 2016
A fairly obvious joke attributing a prophetic quote to Fidel Castro after his death was mistaken ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 27, 2016
While Carson does not buy into the theory of the Big Bang origin of our cosmos, a viral meme mis ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 27, 2016
An old fake news item about a holiday release of "Public Assistance Barbie" made the rounds yet ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 26, 2016
A report that the high-profile whistleblower had announced that Moscow had fixed the 2016 presid ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 26, 2016
A prankster briefly changed the name of Trump Tower, but Google quickly corrected the problem.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 26, 2016
Several studies suggest that a specific constituent of cannabis could aid in the healing of brok ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 26, 2016
Rumors that Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" Christmas ornaments were made in China wer ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 26, 2016
An erroneous report about the death of Antonino Fernandez was shared by several media outlets.
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 25, 2016
The nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education inspired an Internet meme detailing her ...
Written by: Stephanie Larsen
Nov. 25, 2016
Lena Paahlsson said the ring had been gone for sixteen years before she found it in her garden.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 25, 2016
A man who wished to remain anonymous claimed to have snapped pictures of Mothman, the legendary ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 25, 2016
Reports that the news network accidentally aired thirty minutes of porn originated with a single ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 25, 2016
A quote purportedly from Donald Trump's daughter actually seems to have originated in a comedy bit.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 25, 2016
A story that Donald Trump had named the former sitcom star the U.S. Secretary for Women's Rights ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 24, 2016
According to a biography of President Kennedy, the chief executive proclaimed that "nobody can s ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 23, 2016
Conservative activists angry over the retailer Target's stance on transgender rights have appare ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 23, 2016
President Obama's expanded rule on overtime has been placed on hold, but by a judge, not incomin ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 23, 2016
Video clips of a meeting of the National Policy Institute, a white supremacist/alt-right group, ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 23, 2016
A rumor that Clint Eastwood was offered — and refused — the Presidential Medal of Freedom was ma ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 22, 2016
A fake story about an infant born in Nigeria with a message written on her hands that Jesus is c ...
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