Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 23, 2016
A Facebook video post featuring Lou Dobbs misleadingly claimed that the Obama administration is ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 23, 2016
A poorly punctuated Facebook post led many people to believe that Sandra Day O'Connor had some e ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 23, 2016
Giraffe-diving is not yet an Olympic sport.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 23, 2016
The statement "If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth," i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 23, 2016
An article published in 2016 reporting that a hitchhiking woman was raped and murdered by Muslim ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 23, 2016
The substance seen in a viral Facebook video in Lipton tea bags isn't worm-based, it's lemon fla ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 23, 2016
A story that President Obama had chosen Rashad Hussain to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 23, 2016
A clip depicted John Kasich talking about women coming "out of kitchens," but Kasich was referen ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 22, 2016
Donald Trump did call for a boycott of Apple products, but the tweet didn't come from his iPhone.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 22, 2016
The "fennec hare," while adorable, isn't endangered — because it doesn't exist.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 22, 2016
The anti-discrimination group does caution that polarization and extremism is on the rise, in so ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 22, 2016
Marco Rubio did not state that Zika-linked birth defects were a punishment from God, nor that ab ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 22, 2016
A fake news article claimed Lara, who goes by "Damn Daniel" on Vine, had been robbed for his sig ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 22, 2016
A photograph that appeared to show the residents of Chicago's Trump Tower objecting to his campa ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 22, 2016
From 29 January to 14 March 2016, Disney Parks will donate $5 to Make-A-Wish for every ear photo ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 20, 2016
President Obama's decision not to attend the funeral of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Feb. 20, 2016
Who knows just what's lurking at the bottom of Lake Ontario?
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 20, 2016
Sharpie isn't giving away a giant set of markers to celebrate their anniversary -- the offer is ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 19, 2016
Activist Dolores Huerta sent a tweet claiming Bernie Sanders supporters shouted 'English only' a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 19, 2016
A fake news item claimed a study indicated 80 percent of black men in Atlanta were homosexual.
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