Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Sept. 16, 2016
After Hillary Clinton went to visit her daughter after appearing to fall during an 11 September ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 16, 2016
Mysterious underground passages known as "Erdstall" have been found throughout Europe, but there ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 16, 2016
A satirical article reporting that an American legislator wanted to ban Canadian drivers from U. ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 16, 2016
Rumor claims the Hillary Clinton campaign is fraudulently overcharging the accounts of small don ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 16, 2016
A landscaping dispute between homeowners and village codes in Miami Shores led to widespread rum ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 16, 2016
The U.S Department of Transportation is not working with eleven states to keep trucks off the ro ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 15, 2016
Images of a fatal collision in Georgia were misrepresented on social media to scold drivers abou ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 15, 2016
A fake news story from a conspiracy-flogging site reported that tens of thousands of Russian tro ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 15, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a pipeline protest in North Dakota is actually a picture of the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 15, 2016
A 'Doonesbury' comic strip from 1999 didn't 'predict' Trump's 2016 presidential run; it mocked h ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 15, 2016
Facebook purchased the texting app in 2014, but WhatsApp says personal user information won't be ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 15, 2016
A viral Facebook post about surplus U.S. cherry crops destroyed to "make room for imports" appea ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 15, 2016
Ted Nugent recently made comments about President Obama's support for NFL player Colin Kaepernic ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 15, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a young woman protesting pipeline construction in North Dakota ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 15, 2016
Although Canada has introduced new provisions for doctors to legally prescribe heroin to some ad ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 15, 2016
Ted Cruz did not say that he'd run as a Democrat to defeat Donald Trump if Hillary Clinton dropp ...
Written by: David Emery
Sept. 14, 2016
Unreliable online sources claimed that that due to a shortage of men, Iceland was offering to pa ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 14, 2016
Clinton was not in any position that would have given her authority to order or escalate the sie ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 14, 2016
A quote about automatic weapons attributed to Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Sept. 14, 2016
Donald Trump did attend the 2016 Values Voter summit, but the claim that the event was "shunned" ...
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