Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 27, 2016
After Sanders delegates participated in a DNC Walkout, claims about empty seats became a point o ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 27, 2016
While Joel Osteen complimented Donald Trump during a radio interview, he did not endorse him for ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 27, 2016
A decades-old, false story about President Bill Clinton's holding up air traffic at the Los Ange ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 27, 2016
After an earlier spurious rumor about the fate of Disney's "Tower of Terror," the company confi ...
Written by: David Emery
July 26, 2016
President Lyndon B. Johnson supposedly made a crude racist remark about his party's voter base. ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 26, 2016
A graphic calling for a boycott of Samsung products over allegations of animal abuse is based on ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 26, 2016
An image showing a "vintage" Budweiser beer ad bearing the tagline "when you need to get her dru ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 26, 2016
A video showing a man haplessly wiping out on a hoverboard has been altered to portray him as an ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 26, 2016
During her 2016 Democratic National Convention speech, Michelle Obama asserted that the White Ho ...
Written by: David Emery
July 26, 2016
An Internet meme claiming that Hillary Clinton was forced to return $200,000 worth of furniture, ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 26, 2016
Several right-wing web sites offered the misleading claim that American flags had been banned an ...
Written by: David Emery
July 25, 2016
Hillary Clinton's vice presidential pick is alleged to have ties to Islamist leaders and organiz ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 25, 2016
A report that Republican senator Ted Cruz was scheduled to speak at the Democratic National Conv ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 25, 2016
Social media rumors held that transgender students in Wisconsin were forced to wear green bracel ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
July 25, 2016
A story about restaurants in South Africa serving dog generated a lot of outrage, but it was com ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 25, 2016
A fake news article reported that evangelist Franklin Graham warned Christians they would face d ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 25, 2016
A list tallies some of the good deeds credited to Donald Trump. How accurate is it?
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 24, 2016
Yet another retread of the same fake news story has Pope Francis offering his endorsement to a t ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 24, 2016
A list ascribed to Roman statesman Cicero describing "the situation during his lifetime" is apoc ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 24, 2016
Ted Cruz was photographed leaving Air Force One with Democratic plotters who supposedly convince ...
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