Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 28, 2016
Politics does sometimes make for strange bedfellows.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 28, 2016
RFID microchips have many uses, but requiring their surgical implantation for receipt of governm ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 28, 2016
The "Be Like Bill" Facebook trend has annoyed some social media users, but there are no credible ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 28, 2016
After a major snowstorm, two female lawmakers held a brief administrative session to postpone Se ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 28, 2016
A series of photographs shows nearly (but not completely) frozen waves off the coast of Nantucket.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 28, 2016
The Flint water crisis led to a number of rumors, but claims that selling homes in Flint was ill ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 27, 2016
A fake news article claimed that the billionaire had purchased the tiny town of Buford.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 27, 2016
A viral Facebook post described these common lawn ornaments as symbolic aids to escaping slaves ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 27, 2016
A fake news article reported that Donald Trump had named Sheriff Joe Arpaio his running mate for ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 27, 2016
Reports that left-handed handed people are eligible to collect disability benefits due to the "J ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 26, 2016
A long-circulating rumor holds that individuals with a high net worth are ineligible to serve in ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 26, 2016
An individual named Vermin Supreme continually runs for office but openly remains a performance ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 26, 2016
An article claims that CPS threatened to remove children affected by the Flint water crisis from ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 26, 2016
A fake news article claimed that Canadian prime minister justin Trudeau had banned Donald Trump ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 25, 2016
Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson previously made some racially charged remarks about Pre ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 25, 2016
Car thieves seeking directions from unsuspecting motorists have not effected a rash of face-slas ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 25, 2016
An entertainment satire site's claim that cosplay was to be made illegal in five states was mist ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 25, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing a rare blooming "Nagapushpa flower" actually depicts a type of ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 24, 2016
Reports that a meth-addled Missouri babysitter consumed a small child are fake news.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 24, 2016
Donald Trump controversially observed that he could shoot an individual on a widely trafficked N ...
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