Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 11, 2016
Several fake news articles reported on a fabricated Facebook confession from a mother purportedl ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 11, 2016
Fake news reports that recently-deceased country music legend Merle Haggard left his entire esta ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 10, 2016
Glurge describes a generous patron who paid the restaurant tab for seven different families and ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 9, 2016
According to social media rumors, Bernie Sanders claimed a win in Nevada in a surprise post-cauc ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
April 8, 2016
A satirical article has the GOP candidate suing the populace of Wisconsin for failing to award h ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
April 8, 2016
Rock icon Bruce Springsteen has apologized to fans in the Tar Heel State after cancelling a sho ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 8, 2016
The student-led Freedom Education Fund imposed a $30 fee to fund a yearly scholarship for one un ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 8, 2016
A social media rumor held that new mothers or pregnant women were eligible for a free meal from ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 7, 2016
The "horse's head" scene in epic film "The Godfather" is one of Hollywood's most memorable, but ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 7, 2016
Yes, it's true: Facebook's "other" inbox isn't the only place your filtered messages are hiding.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 7, 2016
A sensational tabloid article built upon benign statements from a retired astrophysicist to surm ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 7, 2016
A quote attributed to John F. Kennedy warned of what would happen "one day" after he was "long g ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 6, 2016
"The young man was caught by the throat by the alligator, who dragged him underwater and drowned ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 6, 2016
A fake news site posing as Los Angeles-area television station KTLA spread a fabricated but juic ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 6, 2016
A new fake news generator capitalized on fabricated local stories by creating false rumors of de ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 5, 2016
A controversial Mississippi bill expressly allowed guns in churches, but it didn't legally besto ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 5, 2016
A popular article on social media incorrectly claimed that St. Cloud schools bought prayer rugs ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 5, 2016
A photo purportedly showing a group of college students with the amount of debt they're in writt ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 5, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a horse with wolf-like markings on its coat is a digital creation.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 5, 2016
A vintage photograph of two men sitting on Harley-Davidson motorcycles is said to picture the co ...
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