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: Brooke Binkowski
March 14, 2016
Photographs purporting to be the scene of a shootout on the US-Mexico border were actually taken ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 26, 2016
The photograph actually shows a mass spaying and neutering event at the University of Florida — ...
Written by: Brooke Binkowski
Feb. 9, 2016
A viral video showed a "weather reporter" getting smacked in the face by a flying fish during a ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 8, 2016
A graphic image shows fetuses found along a riverbank in Nepal, not fetuses discovered in a Dump ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 23, 2016
A photograph that purportedly shows a JetBlue airliner buried in snow is actually the product of ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 22, 2016
The playful baby elephant seen in a touching photograph was zoo-born; he didn't lose his mother ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 19, 2016
A photograph purportedly showing Arnold Schwarzenegger's first day in New York is actually a sti ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 19, 2016
"The Vatican decided that Nuns with Guns was not a good image for the Catholic Church ..."
Written by: David Mikkelson
Jan. 19, 2016
Saudi Arabia experienced heavy snowfall in January 2016, but this photograph of snow-covered pal ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 11, 2016
A photograph purportedly depicting a "frozen spider web" is actually a picture of an ice sculpture.
Written by: Dan Evon David Mikkelson
Jan. 5, 2016
You don't have to "take me out to the ballgame" if I already live there!
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 4, 2016
A photograph of a roller coaster submerged by floodwaters was not taken in St. Louis in 2017.
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 3, 2016
There is much unseen in our world, even among what appears to be in plain sight.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 30, 2015
What happens when a social media prank achieves its intended results.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 21, 2015
A photograph of a wolf pack is commonly shared with an inaccurate description of the behavior of ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Dec. 7, 2015
A widely circulated image does not depict a "pro-ISIS rally" held in Dearborn, Michigan, but rat ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 12, 2015
Nurses did provide vital medical aid to soldiers during World War II, but not as suggested in a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 20, 2015
This photograph shows a real shark, but not on the shores of Michigan.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 19, 2015
"Betty's classic beauty put her on over 300 magazine covers and books."
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 15, 2015
As the story goes, his HOA told him he could not fly an American flag, so he did the "next best ...
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