Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 10, 2016
After Hillary Clinton won the 2016 Democratic primary, rumors circulated that Bernie Sanders inf ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 10, 2016
A Hillary Clinton quote from 2008 about the assassination of RFK resurfaced in 2016, but Clinton ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 10, 2016
Right after the name of Hillary Clinton's physician appeared in the news, suspect medical recor ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 10, 2016
The claim that marijuana dealers are using the game to sell "weed needles" comes from a satire page.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 10, 2016
A fake news web site's claim that Edward Snowden was "pronounced dead by his girlfriend" has bee ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 10, 2016
Conspiracy theorists have claimed that a Secret Service agent frequently photographed with Hilla ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 9, 2016
A viral image purportedly shows a live panda cub seated next to a human being on a China Airlines.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 9, 2016
The claim that Trump is a member of the North American Man/Boy Love Association is the result of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 9, 2016
A tweet ostensibly posted by vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine allegedly acknowledges that h ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 9, 2016
A Hillary Clinton speech on improving the plight of women and girls worldwide has been cited as ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Aug. 9, 2016
A promotional poster with what looked like an unfortunate typo was actually a joke made from a p ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 9, 2016
As fears about Zika have escalated, coffee has been touted as a potential mosquito-repelling mea ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 9, 2016
A misleading article reported that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had "refused" to congr ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 9, 2016
Don't you just hate it when people post your embarrassing baby pictures on the internet?
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 8, 2016
Viral images purport to show examples of a 'Narilatha Flower' or 'Nareepol Tree' with blossoms i ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 8, 2016
A CNN reporter tweeted out a former Donald Trump supporter's claim that it was impossible to can ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 8, 2016
Disreputable viral web sites matched an unrelated photograph with claims that a study had linked ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 8, 2016
Darboy, Wisconsin, is the latest location where human traffickers are purportedly engaging in co ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 8, 2016
A meme created the impression that Donald Trump claimed that there wouldn't be a black president ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 8, 2016
Several right-wing web sites circulated a months-old photograph of Hillary Clinton slipping on s ...
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