Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 23, 2016
Ramapo College officials in New Jersey deny they threatened to cancel a event over its patriotic ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 23, 2016
Two photographs from September 2016 appear to show marked differences in Donald Trump's and Bara ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 23, 2016
Possibly this is the longest-running common prank of modern times.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 23, 2016
Michael Bloomberg did call Donald Trump's candidacy a "con," but he didn't refer to Trump as a " ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 23, 2016
A fake news site played to racially charged rhetoric by claiming that Keith Lamont Scott protest ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 22, 2016
Similac is investigating a Facebook user's claim she found live maggots in her infant's formula.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 22, 2016
More white people are killed in police shootings than Black Americans, but overall white people ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 22, 2016
Although the Fraternal Order of Police's executive director did chide Donald Trump, the union di ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 22, 2016
A satirical poem by Garrison Keillor mocking conspiracy theories led some readers to believe tha ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 22, 2016
The U.S. State Department is providing Mexico with assistance to help secure southern borders, b ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 21, 2016
Leaked e-mails from the Democratic National Committee don't suggest Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kell ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 21, 2016
A satirical item claiming Brock Turner was beaten with sex toys following his release from priso ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton cancelled a North Carolina event due to "changes" to her schedule, but not becau ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 21, 2016
Actor Brad Pitt, whose split from wife Angelina Jolie was announced in September 2016, did not d ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 21, 2016
Critics contend the Clinton Foundation "honored" the wife of a "bomb-making terrorist" by inviti ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 21, 2016
A fake news article reported that the unfortunate man had knocked over the tank, causing it to e ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 21, 2016
A small business in Canada is offering a job and land to those willing to relocate to Nova Scoti ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 21, 2016
A Change.org petition demanding the restaurant and gift shop chain "Cracker Barrel" be renamed " ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 21, 2016
A fake news article reported that the ATF is implementing a new law banning the practice of "ope ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 20, 2016
It's true that Luxottica controls a large chunk of the eyewear industry, but possibly not nearly ...
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