Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 16, 2016
Police in Scranton, Pennsylvania, did not gun down a store mannequin that "failed to comply" wit ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 16, 2016
'Johnson's Winking Glue' is not a real thing, nor is an advertisement touting its virtues.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 16, 2016
A page about campus sexual assault on Hillary Clinton's campaign web site once included a refere ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2016
A fake news article reported an Alabama legislator complained that the 'state of Georgia' was al ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 15, 2016
Reports detailed an incident wherein a 79-year-old grandma armed with an AK-47 saved the lives o ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2016
A "live poll" purportedly conducted by ABC News showing Donald Trump with a large lead over Hill ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 15, 2016
The origins of a 2016 edited video claiming to show black protesters hunting down and beating wh ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 15, 2016
After U.S. shooter Kim Rhode won her 6th medal in as many Olympiads, a rumor asserted that the m ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 15, 2016
Schools in Kent, Washington, have long since reduced the amount of pork offered on school menus ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 15, 2016
Donald Trump campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson has been described as a "shoplifting welfare c ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 15, 2016
How the red-bellied pacu, a mostly vegetarian cousin of the piranha with human-like teeth, gaine ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 15, 2016
A photograph of purported Forever 21 swastika rings has gone viral, but the company denies they ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 14, 2016
A video clip captured a ball girl making a terrific catch of a foul ball at a Major League Baseb ...
Written by: David Mikkelson Bethania Palma
Aug. 14, 2016
Ron Wayne was the third co-founder of Apple Computer, but he soon sold his 10% share in the comp ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2016
A quote about "truth" frequently attributed to former Fox News Channel CEO Roger Ailes did not ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 14, 2016
A young woman named Elisa Lam disappeared under mysterious circumstances in Los Angeles in 2013, ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2016
This is what our bathroom looked like after King Midas paid us a visit.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 14, 2016
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence made some eyebrow raising comments about the use of condoms in disease p ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 13, 2016
Prevalent racism legend holds that a Las Vegas hotel once completely drained their pool because ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Aug. 13, 2016
What has possibly died is any last sense of decency in the clickbaiting world of junk news.
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