Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 4, 2016
A fake news article reports that scientists have created a human-gorilla hybrid named Hurilla.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 4, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing an orphan lying in a chalk outline of her absent mother has a v ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
June 4, 2016
A photograph supposedly showing 5,000 UCLA students holding "a candlelight vigil for fallen ISIS ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
June 3, 2016
The practice of permanently inking the eyes is real, but it isn't as novel as it may seem.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 3, 2016
Some Canadian police cars have Arabic writing on their sides, but it's been there since 2009 and ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 3, 2016
Netflix has signed a deal making them the exclusive U.S. pay TV home outlet for new Disney movie ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 3, 2016
Reports of revised curriculum standards for Washington state led to false rumors claiming that ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 3, 2016
An ACLU executive in Georgia resigned after claiming her children were upset by the presence of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 3, 2016
To anger everyone, put quotations in the mouths of people who never said them.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton did not proclaim that the gorilla shot in a Cincinnati zoo was a victim of "racism."
Written by: Dan Evon
June 2, 2016
An image purportedly showing the environmental differences between a lithium mine and an oil san ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 2, 2016
Photographs of humans hunting endangered species for sport always provoke outrage among viewers.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 2, 2016
A 'Cryptid Museum' supposedly showcasing specimens discovered by a mysterious cryptozoologist na ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 2, 2016
A video that purports to show "Muslim men" selling women at auction in England actually document ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 2, 2016
A meme claimed that a 14-year-old Swedish girl was raped by refugees, but the story didn't check ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 2, 2016
President Obama officially proclaimed June 2016 to be "Pride Month," but he didn't demand that " ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 2, 2016
The evangelical Christian author wrote an article encouraging parents to keep their children saf ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 2, 2016
A message advertising an unauthorized premium WhatsApp service tricked users into installing mal ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 2, 2016
A "shocking" and "mysterious" massive "sea creature" is yet another beast from the island of Pho ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 2, 2016
Multiple blogs have claimed that "Black Diamond Collection" Disney films on VHS are worth thousa ...
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