Fact ChecksMiscaptioned
Miscaptioned This rating indicates visual media (photo or video) is authentic (i.e., it is not the product, partially or wholly, of digital manipulation or artificial intelligence software) but is nonetheless misleading because its accompanying material falsely describes its origin, context or meaning. Learn more about our rating system here.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 16, 2018
A graphic video showing a man being brutally whipped while tied to a post is real, but it has no ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 15, 2018
Politics does make for strange bedfellows at times, but not quite as claimed here.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 12, 2018
A photograph of an approaching storm is real, but it was taken months before Hurricane Michael m ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 11, 2018
A chilling historical image was used to illustrate a political point, but it was taken from a ci ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 11, 2018
Some social media users recycled an old, digitally-edited photograph that misled viewers in Octo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 10, 2018
A truly horrifying scene, but fortunately one that was staged for cameras and not captured in re ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 8, 2018
Unreliable sources claimed Pelosi admitted on video that Democrats use such a tactic, but in rea ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 5, 2018
A picture said to be one of a 15-year-old Christine Blasey Ford has been proffered as "evidence" ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 4, 2018
A story about a dog sleeping next to his owner's grave originated with a news story, but the vir ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 1, 2018
Viral images shared with misleading information about protesters resulted in harassment and deat ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 26, 2018
According to internet trolls, bikers everywhere in the world are supporters of President Trump a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 25, 2018
An image from a gay pride parade in New York was shared on social media as if it showed people a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 25, 2018
A photograph showing a nude man on a stage with a group of young girls is real, but it was not t ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Sept. 22, 2018
A disturbing photo of mining conditions, likely from Belgium in the early 20th century, has ofte ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 22, 2018
Rep. Keith Ellison's former girlfriend has leveled charges of "narcissist abuse" against him, bu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 19, 2018
A conservative Facebook page's attempt to smear Christine Blasey Ford used a stock photograph of ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 17, 2018
Photographs showing a group of pigs on a flooded farm are real, but they were not taken after Hu ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 16, 2018
It's not uncommon for reporters to call upon dramatic skills in the course of conveying the peri ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 11, 2018
A creative sneaker-based artwork was wrongly associated with later protests against Nike.
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 5, 2018
Not a picture of 'corrupt' politicians or an execution, although some of the latter followed aft ...
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