Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 25, 2016
Cheez-It brand crackers contain the synthetic preservative TBHQ, but the latter is not "created ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 25, 2016
The pharmaceutical company Mylan (manufacturer of the EpiPen), not their CEO personally, donated ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 25, 2016
Comedian Rosie O'Donnell stands accused of saying 'I'd like to take my period blood and smear it ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 25, 2016
Some Binghamton University resident assistants utilized material with the words "stop white peop ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 25, 2016
A photograph of children kneeling has been attributed to many locations and does not capture Te ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 25, 2016
Social media rumors inaccurately reported water was cut off to Native Americans protesting again ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 25, 2016
A fake news report that pastor Creflo Dollar was told by God to endorse Donald Trump was picked ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 24, 2016
A rumor that the children's TV show 'Barney & Friends' was based on a 1930s serial killer is ju ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 24, 2016
A pilot program intended to reduce violence in the city of Richmond, California, gives young peo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 24, 2016
An image suggesting that Bill and Melinda Gates are giving away free college textbooks is somewh ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 24, 2016
Conservative radio pundit Rush Limbaugh railed against what he described as an Obama administrat ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 24, 2016
A fake news site prompted rumors Michele Bachmann said that the Obama administration was worse f ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 24, 2016
Celebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson did not admonish a young girl who stated she wished ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 24, 2016
Peotone High School in Illinois has not banned American flags nor decreed them to be offensive.
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 24, 2016
No, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump did not really lash out at God in a series of ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 24, 2016
A video depicting a young woman's laborious efforts to open a can of Spaghetti-Os, cheered on by ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 24, 2016
A photograph showing an Army training slide labeling Hillary Clinton as an insider threat is rea ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 24, 2016
A photograph showing a police officer's daughter holding a 'My Daddy's Life Matters' sign has be ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 23, 2016
Conspiracy theorists speculated that pictures of a storm over Switzerland were proof that the La ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 23, 2016
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