Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 8, 2016
Attorney General Loretta Lynch hasn't demanded that all Confederate flag tattoos be "removed" -- ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 8, 2016
A fake news story reporting that President Obama stated he was considering moving to Canada if D ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 8, 2016
Misleading headlines reported that GOP candidate Donald Trump ordered a squalling infant removed ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 8, 2016
A fake news site leveraged news about the beating of an incarcerated Dylann Roof to spread a fal ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 8, 2016
A satirical article published by the Charlotte Observer fooled many readers into believing that ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 6, 2016
Dubious images purport to show a bank statement proving that Khizr Khan was paid $375,000 by the ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 5, 2016
A hoax news site invented a claim that Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of her daughter's murder ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 5, 2016
No, the Obama administration isn't secretly pursuing a plan for the federal takeover of all loca ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Aug. 5, 2016
A nine-month-old 'Meet the Press' statement by Donald Trump about primary campaign polling was m ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 5, 2016
Legal analyst Eugene Volokh's article about an EEOC decision pertaining to the Gadsden flag ("Do ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 5, 2016
President Kennedy not only gave all his presidential salary to charity, but his congressional sa ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 4, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing kill markings that indicate flying saucers on a WWII-era anti-a ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 4, 2016
An online article claiming that a 12-year-old girl in Waukesha, Wisconsin, died as a result of r ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Aug. 4, 2016
Orlando resident Daniel Rushing was cleared of suspected drug possession by the lab weeks after ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 4, 2016
The introduction of the EMV "chip card" has led to misinformation that swiping chipped credit or ...
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 4, 2016
An online article claims President Obama has used a loophole in federal statutes to cut military ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 4, 2016
A junk news story about the cancellation of the 'Mike & Molly' sitcom over Melissa McCarthy's w ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 4, 2016
A supposedly deceased FBI agent was not caught breaking into Trump Tower with an illegally silen ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Aug. 3, 2016
Rumors and accusations flew about a January 2016 payout to Iran, which coincided with a carefull ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 3, 2016
A report that the Elevation Church had installed a water slide to speed up baptisms originated w ...
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