Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 25, 2016
Reports that the notorious Steve Bartman won $3.7 million when the Cubs made it to the World Ser ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 25, 2016
Claims former Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman sought asylum in Russia originated with a fa ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 25, 2016
An e-mail obtained by The Nation purports to show a Green Bay city clerk trying to stop students ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 25, 2016
Astronomers analyzed a database of spectra from 2.5 million stars and were unable to explain the ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 25, 2016
A since-deleted petition falsely accused the Michael Kors brand of making items out of fur from ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 25, 2016
A photograph of a man with the word "Trump" tattooed on his forehead was hard to believe.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 25, 2016
Parental pearl-clutching about Minecraft "sex mods" was largely based on misinformation about th ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 25, 2016
A British tabloid reported that a mother discovered her 12-year-old Afghan foster child was real ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 25, 2016
Although rumors of "vote switching" in Texas are rampant, we found only one case in which a repo ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 25, 2016
A perfect storm of sensationalist, ratings-driven science TV, and extremely lazy click-driven jo ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 24, 2016
A claim that 6,000 Muslim migrants were captured at the U.S.-Mexico border with forged papers is ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 24, 2016
The Huffington Post published a satirical item set in the future about Dick Cheney's being sente ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 24, 2016
A online image claims Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren made a comically villainous stat ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 24, 2016
A tweet about an online survey on the Fox News host's website misrepresented the nature of that ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 24, 2016
Reports that the Clinton Foundation suddenly moved $1.8 billion to Qatar originated with a fake ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 24, 2016
More than 30,000 people may have signed a petition challenging the veracity of anthropogenic glo ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 24, 2016
Reports that the Clintons bought an expensive estate in the Maldives came from a web site that ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 24, 2016
There is no leaked e-mail in which longtime Clinton aide Cheryl Mills called the Benghazi dead " ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 24, 2016
Actor Brad Pitt has not "blamed liberals" for taking his money, nor has he endorsed Donald Trump ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 24, 2016
"Spanish Dancer" is a type of sea slug and not a jellyfish.
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