Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 1, 2016
A social media factoid about penguin courtship and the "perfect pebble" does not quite reflect t ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 1, 2016
Accusations that Hillary Clinton paid an actor to dress up in Navy attire for the 2016 Memorial ...
Written by: Dan Evon
June 1, 2016
'Survey-scale inaccuracy or positioning errors can lead to costly construction mistakes such as ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 1, 2016
No, a doctor didn't discover a long-dead hamster rotting between folds of a morbidly obese mothe ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 1, 2016
A meme falsely claimed the Looney Tunes character Yosemite Sam had been banned from television d ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
June 1, 2016
In a discussion of Social Security, Fox News contributor Michelle Fields opined that "we shouldn ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 31, 2016
A prank news article generator tricked many social media users into believing the Taco Bell chai ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2016
A years-old photograph was used to illustrate claims that thousands of bikers attended a rally w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 31, 2016
A photograph that appears to show the Democratic presidential candidate napping at a Memorial Da ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2016
A quote purportedly from Sarah Palin saying that slavery wasn't the fault of the United States i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 31, 2016
Large reptiles strolling around links are not an unusual sight in the Sunshine State.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2016
An image of a racist epithet on a receipt from Huck Finn's in New Orleans is real and unaltered, ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 31, 2016
A tabloid reported that police in the UK were banning England football jerseys from pubs and clu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 30, 2016
A video purportedly showing "mysterious rain" all falling in "one spot" doesn't show rain at all.
Written by: Dan Evon
May 30, 2016
A video purportedly shows a group of high school students hatching a chick that developed outsid ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 30, 2016
In 2006 Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen registered to vote as a Democrat, but his recent p ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
May 30, 2016
Junk news reports that Muslims targeted an 18-year-old Denny's restaurant server for taking orde ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 30, 2016
A video showing a fight at a pool of unclear nature is shared with a fear-mongering story about ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 30, 2016
A misleading blog post recycled inaccurate claims from 2014 about changes to Michigan's "Right t ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
May 30, 2016
The FDA has only cracked down on people peddling bitter almond derivatives as a cancer cure.
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