Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2016
A video showing how gardeners can create hybrid kiwi-banana fruits is an old April Fool's Day joke.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton's assertion that "we didn't lose a single person in Libya" appeared to overlook ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 16, 2016
That photograph of Harrison Ford holding a Trump sign is fake.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 16, 2016
Yet another Facebook user claimed she narrowly avoided human trafficking scouts at Target, this ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 16, 2016
Several articles reported that Sasha and Malia Obama wore dresses worth $20,000 each to a state ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 15, 2016
Warnings that cell phone users should not accept the video "Sonia Disowns Rahul" because it cont ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 15, 2016
While Bernie Sanders has said he plans to improve the United States' rail system to combat clima ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 15, 2016
A viral video showing molten copper being poured over a Big Mac does not demonstrate the "indest ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 15, 2016
A satirical article reported that Ted Cruz wants to ban the tritone interval in music due to its ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 15, 2016
During a March 2016 MSNBC Town Hall appearance, Hillary Clinton discussed her Iraq War vote, but ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 15, 2016
Notorious criminal Charles Manson didn't endorse Donald Trump from his prison cell.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 15, 2016
Yes, two men were photographed wearing Nazi-style armbands in conjunction with a Donald Trump p ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
March 14, 2016
Photographs purporting to be the scene of a shootout on the US-Mexico border were actually taken ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 14, 2016
Letters using USPS "Forever Stamps" are not processed more slowly than mail with "regular" postage.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 14, 2016
A claim that Muslim-Americans make up 1% of the U.S. population is accurate, but statistic deali ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 14, 2016
An unreliable web site falsely claimed that Texans were being forced to pay slavery reparations ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 14, 2016
Despite rumors spawned by a vaguely-worded bill, Kentucky has neither banned nor attempted to ba ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 14, 2016
An image juxtaposes a quote from Donald Trump about protesters with an archival image of the 197 ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 14, 2016
Bernie Sanders didn't tweet a scathing retort to Donald Trump after Trump insinuated Sanders' su ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 14, 2016
A Facebook user claimed, without substantiation, that a Nylabone brand pet product caused her do ...
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