Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 9, 2016
Reports that Harambe the deceased gorilla received thousands of votes in the 2016 U.S. president ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 8, 2016
Scientists have been debating a connection between lunar cycles and earthquakes for decades, but ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 8, 2016
Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby tweeted, and then deleted, a picture indicating she was ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 8, 2016
Fr. Frank Pavone said he placed a fetus on the altar ahead of the 2016 presidential election to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 8, 2016
A quote ostensibly uttered by notorious gangster Al Capone about electing a woman president when ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 8, 2016
An election eve social media rumor held that guest artist Jay Z rapped the words "Middle finger ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 8, 2016
Donald Trump's son, Eric, posted -- and then deleted -- a possibly illegal photograph of his bal ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 8, 2016
Reports that Hillary Clinton's staff is preparing to disable all the nation's electronic devices ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Nov. 8, 2016
Fake "voter fraud" stories showed up early and often during 2016's general election.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 8, 2016
Reports that Ivanka Trump disavowed her father just before the 2016 presidential election are fa ...
Written by: David Mikkelson Nur Ibrahim
Nov. 7, 2016
Is taking a photograph of your ballot and posting it online illegal? It depends on where you li ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 7, 2016
We found no evidence that racist comments made in a YouTube video came from a parade of Trump su ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2016
Reports that the Clinton campaign paid Beyonce and Jay Z $62 million to perform a concert in Cle ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2016
An image showing Hillary Clinton on the cover of a Newsweek publication under the title "Madam P ...
Written by: David Mikkelson Bethania Palma
Nov. 7, 2016
Georgia state representative Jason Spencer withdrew a bill banning head and face coverings two d ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2016
A psychological exercise Clinton used in the 1990s was real but later became mistaken for a reli ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2016
A photograph shows a sign supporting Donald Trump in front of a house owned by Comey, but it's u ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 6, 2016
A look at a homespun effort to discredit the candidacy of Hillary Clinton by making it appear th ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 6, 2016
In an interview aimed at a millennial audience, President Obama encouraged Latino citizens to vo ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 5, 2016
Reports that an FBI agent investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server killed ...
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