Fact ChecksFalse
False This rating indicates primary elements of the claim are demonstrably false. Learn more about our rating system here.
Written by: Bethania Palma
April 3, 2018
A viral story based entirely on a misunderstanding falsely insinuates that the Marjory Stoneman ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 3, 2018
An April Fool's Day prank featuring a fan-made movie poster left some aficionados of the Harry P ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 3, 2018
A number of outlets used a hoax quote to paint David Hogg as hopelessly ignorant of history.
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 30, 2018
A humorous article was just a seasonal jape, but not quite in the way that many readers recognized.
Written by: Dan Evon
March 30, 2018
A photograph from a 2011 labor strike in London was repurposed to spread a goofy meme about Gato ...
Written by: David Emery
March 28, 2018
Revisionist accounts of the origin of the National Rifle Association say it was formed to help f ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 28, 2018
Conspiracy theorists tried to discredit the mass shooting survivor (again) by ignoring the suspe ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
March 27, 2018
There was a well-publicized petition to construct such a monument, but it has not been realized ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 27, 2018
A Parkland school shooting survivor was accused — falsely — of giving a Nazi salute at the end o ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
March 27, 2018
A famous 2007 photograph of singer Britney Spears is being used to spread a false accusation aga ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 27, 2018
A sexually adventurous scuba diver was supposedly brought down by a shellfish allergy.
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
March 26, 2018
Conspiracy theorists used an out-of-context clip to raise "questions" about a statement made by ...
Written by: David Emery
March 26, 2018
As hundreds of thousands of students and supporters took to the streets to protest gun violence, ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 26, 2018
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor turned gun-control activist has been ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 25, 2018
The outspoken survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting has been campai ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 23, 2018
Rumors that there would be a follow-up to the 2004 cult classic actually grew out of a fan-made ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 23, 2018
A fake news item falsely led social media users to believe that Florida became one of the states ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
March 22, 2018
Attempts at "whataboutism" with a scandal involving social media and psychographics fail to ackn ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
March 22, 2018
A viral hoax managed to trick some people.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 22, 2018
A Facebook status update meme claims that a green "BFF" in typed comments is an indicator of acc ...
Page: 222