Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 18, 2016
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not freed from prison and expunged the record of ever ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 18, 2016
Chelsea Clinton landed a lucrative job at NBC after graduating college, but her salary wasn't $9 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 18, 2016
Donald Trump and Mike Pence did not steal their campaign logo from the Nevada brothel "T Laying ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 18, 2016
A video of a speech Al Sharpton delivered in 1992 at Kean College is real but is frequently shar ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
July 18, 2016
Despite a proliferation of scary articles, the likelihood of getting herpes from a tanning bed i ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 18, 2016
A perpetually recirculating video of Black Lives Matter protesters chanting for "dead cops" date ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 18, 2016
A photograph showing a police officer at a KKK rally is frequently shared with misinformation id ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 18, 2016
Mike Pence did not say that if abortion were allowed in cases of rape, then women would try to g ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 17, 2016
Film icons Robert Redford and Meryl Streep aren't married, engaged, or even dating, despite what ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 17, 2016
A popular 'fun fact' holds that flamingo egg yolks are bright pink, but flamingo experts are per ...
Written by: David Emery
July 17, 2016
A fake news article stated that President Obama issued an executive order calling for a memorial ...
Written by: David Emery
July 17, 2016
A popular joke about the wisdom of the saying 'Grow some balls' is falsely attributed to actress ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 16, 2016
Who knows what GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's head looks like in its unprepped state?
Written by: Dan Evon
July 15, 2016
A fake news article reported that Ted Cruz said he would endorse Donald Trump if the latter prom ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 15, 2016
After the Bastille Day attack in Nice, news outlets rehashed debunked claims that France activel ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 15, 2016
Chris Christie didn't express his disappointment with the selection of Mike Pence as Donald Trum ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 15, 2016
A list documenting purported familial ties between news media personnel and the Obama administra ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 15, 2016
A 'Mad Libs'-style fake news item claimed 21 people were killed in a mass shooting in Ontario (o ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 15, 2016
An open letter to Donald Trump stating that he does not represent the Wharton School does not re ...
Written by: David Emery
July 14, 2016
A frequently recirculated Facebook hoax has convinced many people that actor Rowan Atkinson ("Mr ...
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