Fact Checks Archive

Yes, Tyra Banks and Lionel Richie Have a New Ice Cream Flavor And, yes, we would like some please.

True

Did Mountain Dew Make a Flamin’ Hot Flavor? The adventurous flavor was inspired by Cheetos.

True

Is This Video of Pluto’s Surface? The black-and-white footage delighted Reddit users.

True

Did National Archives Put ‘Harmful Language’ Alert on US Constitution? Other historical documents reportedly included the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights.

Mostly True

Did Ben Franklin Leave $2,000 Each to Boston and Philadelphia? The inventor clearly had a lot of faith in the future of the U.S.

True

Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Returning With Crowds? It was unknown if, or to what extent, viewing locations would have capacity limits.

True

Could Xylitol — AKA ‘Birch Sugar’ — Kill Dogs That Eat It? Not all dog owners recognize potentially dangerous Xylitol when it is listed under other names.

True

Did Neil DeGrasse Tyson Tweet This About Unvaccinated Republicans? The famous astrophysicist deleted the tweet, saying it was causing unintended "Twitter fights."

Correct Attribution

Did Christine Grady Personally Approve the Pfizer Vaccine? The wife of Dr. Anthony Fauci is also the chief of bioethics at the National...

False

Only 100 Corporations Responsible For Most of World’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions? This piece of misinformation, which has circulated online for years, stems from a misleading headline.

False

Did Lyft Announce Legal Aid for Drivers Caught Up in Texas Abortion Ban? Texas Senate Bill 8 allows private citizens to sue anyone obtaining an abortion, or assisting...

True

Did WSJ Op-Ed by Biden in ’92 Claim He Wanted to ‘Destroy National Sovereignty’? The essay was titled "How I Learned to Love the New World Order."

False