Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
May 26, 2016
Rumors swept social media that a police mount was pushed over during anti-Trump demonstrations, ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 26, 2016
A viral Facebook image purportedly depicts a beagle blinded by L'Oreal cosmetics testing, but th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 26, 2016
An image shows how eight famous landmarks could all comfortably fit inside the Indianapolis Moto ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 25, 2016
A false — and dangerous — claim that Americans are immune to the Zika virus is circulating on Tw ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 25, 2016
A purported photograph that shows the galaxy next to (and much larger than) the moon is actually ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 25, 2016
Videos of home testing of bottled water handed out in Flint do not demonstrate the existence of ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 25, 2016
A viral Facebook post regarding QuikTrip's partnership with the Safe Place initiative contains s ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 25, 2016
Lord of the Flies author William Golding did indeed once proclaim that women are "far s ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 25, 2016
A number of sketchy sales sites created a rumor that the FBI had released a study ranking zodiac ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 24, 2016
Sonic Drive-In promotions involving red tray keychains have been widely shared nationwide despit ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2016
A fake news article claimed that Eric Trump said that his father Donald Trump should send Hispan ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 24, 2016
A Fox News segment involving Donald Trump sparked rumors that the GOP frontrunner planned to dec ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 24, 2016
An article reporting that Pastor Rick Warren changed his name to "Muhammad Hussein Warren" came ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 24, 2016
Inaccurate warnings about an imminent ban on smoking in vehicles when minors are present have be ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2016
A piece of art depicting a man watering a tree so that he could hang himself from it supposedly ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 24, 2016
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not endorsed Bernie Sanders for president, but neither has ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2016
A viral video purports to show a sexual act depicted in a scene from the popular children's movi ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2016
An article that reported that Florida highways would be getting special lanes to accommodate peo ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
May 24, 2016
No, a white teen girl didn't demand tribal benefits because she "identifies" as a Native America ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 24, 2016
A quote concerning the irrelevancy of voting is often attributed to American humorist Mark Twain.
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