Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 4, 2016
Reports that Coca-Cola is recalling Dasani water products after a "clear parasite" was found in ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 4, 2016
A lot of anxious bloggers incorrectly surmised HUD was moving to make "tiny homes" illegal.
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
April 4, 2016
A Russian soldier supposedly called for an airstrike on himself in Syria to kill ISIS operatives ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 4, 2016
The quote used by a popular meme about cannabis legalization and for-profit prisons is accurate, ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 4, 2016
A report that a woman shot and killed her boyfriend over a prank April Fool's Day marriage propo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 4, 2016
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich said that he would abolish teachers' lounges, but ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 4, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a 736-pound catch adds to the collection of urban legends about ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 4, 2016
Several blogs have cited "reports" that visitors to Hollywood's Walk of Fame have taken to defec ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 3, 2016
Fake newsmongers have spread claims about famous people praising local residents after encounter ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 3, 2016
"We don’t think that tattoos fit into the image of a wholesome Disney family."
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 3, 2016
Fake news reports an Idaho woman is suing Kotex for $1.4 million dollars because she claims one ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 1, 2016
A fake news piece led some social media users to believe that Bernie Sanders planned to tax chur ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 1, 2016
Several "too good to be true" fake news articles published on April Fools' Day reported that Hil ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 1, 2016
A quote from a fake news article is frequently circulated as a genuine quote from the Democratic ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
April 1, 2016
Redbox pranked users on April Fools' Day with a recruitment offer for "kiosk ambassadors" to man ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 1, 2016
The Weather Channel played an April Fool's Day joke on their viewers with the announcement that ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 1, 2016
London's famous clock has not gone unabashedly commercial.
Written by: Dan Evon
April 1, 2016
A video purportedly showing the presidential candidate saying that his campaign had been an Apri ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 31, 2016
A video showing President Obama boarding a helicopter without saluting a nearby Marine has been ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 31, 2016
An article reporting that the Trader Joe's grocery chain would be closing all of their stores by ...
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