Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 24, 2016
Many social media users incorrectly claimed that the European Union flag was going to lose a sta ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 24, 2016
Marco Rubio did not say that the Orlando nightclub mass shooting was a sign from God that he was ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 23, 2016
A disturbing set of images purportedly shows a pile of dead bomb-sniffing dogs that were put dow ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 23, 2016
Fake news reports a Las Vegas couple was arrested for modifying their baby's ears to make them p ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
June 23, 2016
A story about motion around a major fault in California was not as dire as headlines made it seem.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 23, 2016
A web site asking people to "buy a gun, give a gun" to families living in at-risk neighborhoods ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 23, 2016
An image purportedly showing a cheetah at a greyhound race was created for an automobile adverti ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 23, 2016
The Republican Party has not declared their national convention to be a "gun-free zone"; rather, ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 23, 2016
A fake news item reported that famously conservative musician Hank Williams Jr. had endorsed Hi ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 23, 2016
It's true, if you purchased e-books between April 2012 and May 2013 you may have an Amazon credi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 23, 2016
An old and inaccurate report claiming that Yellowstone National Park has been evacuated due to v ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
June 22, 2016
Rumors that new 'Star Wars' movies would be filmed in various small cities in the United States ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 22, 2016
A Tennessee congressional candidate put up a billboard exhorting voters to "Make America White A ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 22, 2016
A real Thomas Jefferson statement about bearing arms is frequently shared along with a sentence ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 22, 2016
A list of statistics showing the leading causes of death in the United States through June 2016 ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
June 22, 2016
A salacious story about a rapist getting his penis cut off by razor blades originated from a fak ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 22, 2016
Rumor: Chick-fil-A restaurants have announced they will be reversing their longstanding policy a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 22, 2016
A satirical image led many Twitter users to believe Donald Trump had referred to Canadians as "s ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 21, 2016
You didn't see a news report about a fisherman's capture of a great white shark in Lake Michigan ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 21, 2016
A satirical news article reporting that a rape victim performed her own abortion with a special ...
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