Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 7, 2016
A photograph supposedly showing Ted Cruz hugging former Cuban leader Fidel Castro was digitally ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 7, 2016
An old urban legend about Chinese food made from aborted fetuses or unwanted babies resurfaced, ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 5, 2016
A fake ad purportedly from The Brady Campaign — a group working to end gun violence — was widely ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 4, 2016
An old legend about a customer's getting cheap parking for his car by using it as bank collatera ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 4, 2016
A number of hoax posts on Facebook claimed renowned celebrities were moving to various small tow ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 4, 2016
A young man named Joseph Pryor will no longer be eligible to serve in the Marines after he share ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 4, 2016
Various images attempted to connect Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler through slogans promising to m ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 4, 2016
Los Angeles police are looking into whether a knife purportedly found on the grounds of O.J. Sim ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
March 4, 2016
Donald Trump said that if his hands are small, "something else" must be small, but that claim is ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 4, 2016
A humorous item published by The Onion led many readers to believe that Cubans actually attempte ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Mikkelson
March 3, 2016
A photograph said to show Bernie Sanders at a 1962 sit-in was the subject of considerable disput ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 3, 2016
An old photo showing a snake inside the mouth of a fish is being recirculated, this time with a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 3, 2016
Bill Clinton's appearance at Massachusetts polling places warranted a caution from the state, bu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 3, 2016
Photos of a "trampoline bridge" in Paris show a concept, not a real architectural structure.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 3, 2016
Reports that Cameron Diaz was cast to play Maya Angelou in an upcoming biopic originated from a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 3, 2016
The prototype for a gun that looks like a smartphone is real, but it isn't something designed by ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 2, 2016
Bristol Palin did not say that the Oscars lack diversity because all black actors look alike.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 2, 2016
Artwork from an online protest asking Coca-Cola not to sponsor the 2016 Republican National Conv ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 2, 2016
A widely-circulated post claimed several cats were sickened by Temptations brand cat treats, but ...
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