Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 31, 2016
Attorney General Loretta Lynch did not invoke her Fifth Amendment protections to avoid giving in ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 31, 2016
A since-deleted YouTube video falsely claimed an 11-year-old girl at Standing Rock was shot and ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 30, 2016
A viral Facebook status update urged users to check in at Standing Rock in order to prevent the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 30, 2016
Audio of actor Mel Gibson yelling at Oksana Girgorieva was shared in as if it captured VP candid ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 30, 2016
A photograph showing the size of a crowd during Bill Clinton's appearance at Cleveland State Uni ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 30, 2016
Reports that the Clinton Foundation purchased over $137 million of illegal arms and ammunition a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 29, 2016
The Rothschild family is rich, but claims that they have a net worth of $500 trillion and own 80 ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 29, 2016
The Queen has not urged Americans to write in her name on Election Day in order to transition th ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 29, 2016
News accounts reported that the World Health Organization had revised their definition of infert ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 29, 2016
A somewhat misleading article suggested that several states were allowing people to change their ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 29, 2016
A disreputable web site falsely claimed that President Obama had cancelled all appearances at Hi ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 29, 2016
Claims of voter fraud in North Carolina turned out to be merely a Facebook joke.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 29, 2016
A disreputable web site spread a baseless rumor holding that Hillary Clinton's campaign manager ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 28, 2016
A slanted "news" site used a brief Fox News report to make a leap regarding the Benghazi investi ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 28, 2016
Domestic dogs split from their wild counterpart, the grey wolf, quite recently by evolutionary t ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 28, 2016
Fabricated tweets suggested Hillary Clinton praised wars, using the hashtag #DraftOurDaughters.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 28, 2016
An image floating around the Internet purportedly depicting the moments before a baby killed her ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 28, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing Hillary Clinton and her college roommate is actually of two uni ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 28, 2016
President Obama didn't spend $3.6 million in taxpayer funds just to play golf with Tiger Woods.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 28, 2016
A photograph of actor Bill Murray and a crying child has sparked an internet debate over whether ...
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