Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 14, 2016
A photograph showing the former Beatle wearing a shirt that reads "Adopt" with an image of a dog ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 14, 2016
A sensationalized story falsely claimed that it is now illegal to wear "Anonymous" masks in public.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 14, 2016
A controversy over whether a "girl's" risqué high school prom dress was appropriate for the even ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 14, 2016
Fake news stories report that a woman ate her grandchild while high on bath salts.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 14, 2016
Fake news reports that the whole Goldman Sachs board was arrested by the FBI for defrauding mill ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 14, 2016
Several online items have misleadingly claimed that Ted Cruz tried to ban dildos in Texas.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 13, 2016
A Facebook user incorrectly claimed that urinals were installed in the ladies' restroom at a Pil ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 13, 2016
A photograph of the Space Shuttle Endeavour blasting off from Earth is real, but it has been sub ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 13, 2016
A number of social media posters claimed President Obama was "encouraging" schools to teach the ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 13, 2016
An old, thinly sourced 2012 video led to rumors that the UN planned to disarm Americans by force.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 13, 2016
With so few white tigers in existence, the genetic pool is limited, and inbreeding is an inevita ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 12, 2016
A fake news item claiming New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a multi-state "travel ban" ove ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 12, 2016
A letter purportedly from Oxford University's chancellor to students protesting a statue of Ceci ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 12, 2016
While several web sites claim that there's a law preventing Iowans from kissing for more than fi ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
April 12, 2016
Some quotes are documented in history and textbooks, while others appear nowhere but the internet.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 12, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a woman walking down a deserted shopping aisle in Venezuela was ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 11, 2016
A decades-old story of a doctor purportedly strangling a live infant after complications during ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 11, 2016
An article that reported Ted Cruz and his wife Heidi were cousins originated with a fake news w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 11, 2016 (Updated: Nov. 29, 2023)
A snowboarder purportedly discovered from watching video of herself that she was being chased by ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 11, 2016
A satirical meme mocking anti-Muslim Facebook content was mistaken as factual by some social med ...
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