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Did CDC 'Quietly Update' COVID-19 Deaths To Say Only 6% Are Legitimate?

Written by: Jessica Lee

Sept. 3, 2020

A rumor downplaying the seriousness of the deadly virus was promoted by a group of people that i ...

Did Soros Decide That Harris Should be Biden's Vice President?

Written by: Dan Evon

Sept. 3, 2020

Repeating a lie ad nauseam does not make it any more true.

Did Sen. Collins Say This About Trump?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 2, 2020

We found no evidence that anyone made the statement, let alone U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

Did a California DA Say Looting Is 'Okay' If Suspects 'Need' What They Steal?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Sept. 2, 2020

Conservative websites and commentators misrepresented internal prosecutorial guidelines leaked i ...

Are These the Parents of Kyle Rittenhouse?

Written by: Dan Evon

Sept. 1, 2020

The idiom "out of whole cloth" can be traced back to false advertisements from garment sellers i ...

Did Loretta Lynn and Kid Rock Get Married?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Sept. 1, 2020

The 88 year-old country music legend sent readers to Snopes with an Instagram post in August 2020.

No, Chadwick Boseman Wasn't Poisoned

Written by: Bethania Palma

Sept. 1, 2020

A viral internet rumor had no standing in facts.

No, the White House Rose Garden Doesn't Spell Out 'KKK'

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 31, 2020

A photo shared on Facebook took a rather creative perspective on the newly renovated White House ...

Does This Video Show Biden Falling Asleep in an Interview?

Written by: Dan Evon

Aug. 31, 2020

The manipulated clip was shared by President Trump's social media director.

Did Larry Bird Tell NBA Players 'Shut Up and Play the Damn Game'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 30, 2020

A supposed quote from the Celtic great criticized NBA players for their pro-racial justice protests.

Did Pelosi Pass a Bill Allowing Her Husband To Make Millions Selling USPS Property?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Aug. 29, 2020

A meme circulating on Facebook appears to be a rehash of another version from 2013.

Was Jacob Blake Charged With Raping a Child?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 27, 2020

Online commentators and social media users sought to undermine protests sparked by the police sh ...

Did Arizona Superintendent Kathy Hoffman Push for Sex Ed in Kindergarten?

Written by: Dan Evon

Aug. 25, 2020

Arizona's superintendent of public instruction was the target of several disparaging claims made ...

Is Victoria's Secret Planting Tracking Devices in Bras?

Written by: Dan Evon

Aug. 25, 2020

Radio-frequency identification tags are used by several major retailers in order to track invent ...

Does Adding a Stamp to Your Ballot 'Force' USPS To Deliver as First-Class?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Aug. 24, 2020

Misinformation surrounded one of the most controversial topics in the 2020 general election — ma ...

Did Biden Say 'Christians Violate LGBTQ Rights by Simply Existing'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 24, 2020

This was not a remotely accurate nor reasonable summary of what the former U.S. vice president a ...

Did Trump Tweet This About Goodyear?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 24, 2020

Trump's tweet followed a report from a television station in Topeka, Kansas, based on an anonymo ...

Are These Victims Who Were 'Beat Up by a BLM Hate Group'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 21, 2020

Yet another meme sought to denigrate a particular group by using misrepresented photographs.

Did Steve Bannon Predict Obama Officials Would End Up in Jail?

Written by: Dan Evon

Aug. 21, 2020

An old meme was recirculated in August 2020 after Bannon's arrest on fraud charges.

Is This a Picture of Biden and Harris in a Crowd Without Face Masks?

Written by: Dan Evon

Aug. 20, 2020

Believe it or not, there was a time in the United States when face masks were not required to sl ...