Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 22, 2016
A letter stating that President Obama is planning to cut the size of the Navajo Reservation by 4 ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 22, 2016
An image of President Obama pointing at a nude portrait of Donald Trump was faked on multiple le ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 21, 2016
A popular meme asserted opossums kill most deer ticks they encounter and thus inhibit the spread ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 21, 2016
Bernie Sanders wasn't on the New Jersey ballot in March 2016, but neither was anyone else.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 21, 2016
A photograph purportedly shows two children holding a 'F*CK DONALD TRUMP' sign at a political rally.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton's license to practice law lapsed in 2002, but not because she was disbarred or o ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 21, 2016
A viral photograph of purple ladybugs native to Hawaii is just a creative digital coloring fabri ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 21, 2016
A mysterious alien mummy hasn't baffled scientists: the image of a human child mummy was embelli ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 20, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a man with eye cancer caused by using his cell phone at night a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 20, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a pilot taking a selfie out his cockpit window is actually a co ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 20, 2016
Claims that cans of Bumble Bee tuna are being recalled due to the discovery of human remains in ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 19, 2016
Fake news reports that the Doors singer, who passed away in 1971, has been found alive in a Pari ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 19, 2016
A screenshot purportedly showing anti-Trump tweets from Republicans Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz is ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 18, 2016
An Alabama newspaper's assertion that a proposed bill would bar food stamp recipients from ownin ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 18, 2016
Claims about Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards' threatening Donald Trump with a knife back ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 17, 2016
Images reproduce contradictory statements from U.S. senators Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid abou ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2016
A meme falsely claims that "The Walking Dead" star's father was in a 1972 plane crash in the And ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 17, 2016
A fake news article claimed that Mayweather wore a Muslim headscarf to a Trump rally and challen ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 17, 2016
The government didn't quietly admit to modifying weather in California; cloud seeding is a well- ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
March 17, 2016
The handwritten complaint was a hoax, according to local law enforcement officials.
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