Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 31, 2016
"Y'all are mad at an athlete? This is your government!"
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 31, 2016
A predictable death hoax claimed that embattled NFL star Colin Kaepernick died during a national ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 30, 2016
Conservative commentator and retired Army officer Allen West blasted the 49ers quarterback for p ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 30, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing Hillary Clinton wearing a 'secret earpiece' during NBC's 'Comma ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Aug. 30, 2016
The Republican presidential nominee tweeted in 2012 that China invented the concept of global wa ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 30, 2016
A halal food pantry in Minneapolis is not funded by any government sources.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 30, 2016
An image of a hummingbird killed by a praying mantis is real, although what the picture captures ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 30, 2016
A newspaper's video critique of FDA guidelines for healthy food led to claims the agency said Fr ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 30, 2016
CNN dropped the word "crooked" from a graphic quoting a Donald Trump tweet about his rival's health.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 30, 2016
A satirical article reporting that televangelist Joel Osteen apologized for using Jesus' name in ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 30, 2016
A video purportedly showing a man being attacked by a shark actually comes from a movie called ' ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 30, 2016
The Food Lion grocery chain is not offering $90 coupons to Facebook users who click and share links.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 30, 2016
After catastrophic floods in Louisiana, rumors held that the Red Cross had banned prayer in all ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 30, 2016
A photograph seemingly captured three birds flying in a 'smile' formation in the sky with a 'smi ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 30, 2016
African-American baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson wrote in his autobiography that he couldn't si ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 29, 2016
A fake news site stirred up concern among vapers with a false claim that eleven states had banne ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 29, 2016
John F. Kennedy Jr. was not a candidate in New York's U.S. Senate race before dying in a July 19 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 29, 2016
An article asserting that injectable birth control makes women unattractive was published on Bre ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 29, 2016
The United States government has neither announced nor suggested they plan to permanently "ban" ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Aug. 29, 2016
A rant on Twitter attributed to the astrophysicist actually came from a parody account.
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