Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton's first name was spelled "Hilliary" on 2016 election ballots printed for use in ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 5, 2016
A viral article purporting to quote Hillary Clinton describing Beyonce's music using racial slur ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 5, 2016
It does make scientific sense that some components of coconut oil could improve cognitive perfor ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 4, 2016
In what is becoming a common pre-election conspiracy-driving glitch, an NBC affiliate's software ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2016
An e-mail published by WikiLeaks mentioned "spirit cooking," but claims that Hillary Clinton or ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 4, 2016
An inaccurate claim that Hillary Clinton was indicted for treason followed in the wake of a repo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2016
A humorous article reporting that Dunkin Donuts' new holiday cup featured Richard Dawkins giving ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2016
Reports that Donald Trump had threatened to deport Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda were just fa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2016
An image purportedly showing an electoral map based on "Facebook analytics" is not supported by ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 4, 2016
A baseless article accused Summer Zervos of fabricating her sexual harassment accusations agains ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 4, 2016
An image purporting to show Hillary Clinton addressing a sparsely attended campaign rally actual ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 3, 2016
Some outlets have implied a connection between an annually-released actuarial study lowering a p ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 3, 2016
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that Catholic priests are not mandatory reporters during confe ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 3, 2016
A parody video showing Matthew McConaughey endorsing Donald Trump was shared as legitimate news ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 3, 2016
A spoof of the Starbucks "holiday cups" controversy held that CEO Howard Schultz admitted he is ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 3, 2016
A nonsensical claim conflates a $400 million Obama administration payment to Iran with a non-exi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 3, 2016
A list of facts connected to the number 108 went viral shortly after the Chicago Cubs won their ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 2, 2016
Denver District Attorney Mitchell Morrissey published a letter painting a bleak picture of marij ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 2, 2016
Viral claims about humans’ ability to sense and feed off of one another’s emotional energy are t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 2, 2016
A Facebook post claiming that Hillary Clinton had cancelled a campaign event due to chants of "l ...
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