Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 16, 2016
A story that a hunter nearly died after a massive moose knocked him down and tried to have sex w ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 15, 2016
Unreliable sources are reporting that Clinton had a violent temper tantrum upon learning she had ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 15, 2016
Articles reporting that the Russian president issued an international arrest order for the billi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 15, 2016
A report that Lady Gaga was arrested for tweeting a negative comment about Melania Trump is a hoax.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 15, 2016
An image purporting to show Bill Clinton sitting naked on a bed while a woman rubs his back does ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 15, 2016
Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi never told supporters of Donald Trump to "take their business elsewhere," ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 15, 2016
Rumors that Hillary Clinton staged a photo op encounter with a hiker the day after the election ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 15, 2016
Ford did not move manufacturing to Ohio from Mexico because Donald Trump was elected president i ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 15, 2016
A video was claimed to document that angry Muslims "attacked" a Christmas tree in a Western mall ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 15, 2016
A police horse kicked a student in Ontario, Canada, after she sneaked up and slapped it, but the ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 15, 2016
The trope of derided protesters uncaringly killing an innocent victim by blocking an ambulance i ...
Written by: David Mikkelson Bethania Palma
Nov. 14, 2016
Reports that billionaire business magnate George Soros was killed while traveling to Hungary in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 14, 2016
A spoof conspiracy theory holds that Donald Trump was born in the country of Pakistan and not in ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 14, 2016
Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer says he was "disinvited" from attending the U.S. Marine Co ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 14, 2016
According to a viral tweet, hundreds of thousands of voters were turned away from the polls in a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 14, 2016
An article reporting that a prominent New York Times columnist floated the idea of assassinating ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 14, 2016
Clean coal is more of an idea than a reality, and many scientists doubt it will ever become an e ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 14, 2016
Social media users were confused by a satirical site's claim that delayed military absentee ball ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 14, 2016
An uncorroborated source reported that Pope Francis said he had lost all faith in American Chris ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 14, 2016
Reports that VP-Elect Mike Pence said 'gay conversion therapy saved his marriage' are fake news.
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