Fact Checks Archive

Dick's Sporting Goods announced a $4,000 travel reimbursement for workers, spouses, or dependents on their healthcare plans who seek an abortion in the next nearest state.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Announces Employee Abortion Benefits The news of Dick's Sporting Goods offering employees and others travel reimbursements came after the...

True

George Carlin: ‘Rights Aren’t Rights If Someone Can Take Them Away’ A quote from the late comedian was widely circulated after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned...

Correct Attribution

Did Police in NC 'Escort' Proud Boys to LGBT+ Library Event?

Did Police in NC ‘Escort’ Proud Boys to LGBTQ Library Event? Outraged social media posts went viral after a "Pride reading time" event at Pine Valley...

Unproven

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to guests at the Nebraska Steak Fry in Nebraska City.

Did Pence Say Biden ‘Commits’ More Falsehoods Than Any Other President? Pence was vice president under Donald Trump.

Correct Attribution

Facebook posts said that a 4-time convicted felon named Dennis Butler opened fire in a shooting on a graduation party in Charleston West Virginia with a stolen AR-15 and shot him with a pistol and that CNN ABC NBC and MSNBC didn't report it.

Did CNN, NBC, and ABC Not Cover the Dennis Butler Shooting in West Virginia? According to The Associated Press, a woman in Charleston, West Virginia shot and killed a...

Mostly True

‘Rigged and Stollen’: Did Trump Accidentally Reference Fruitcake in Election Rant? The former president appeared to be feeling the heat from House committee hearings over the...

Correct Attribution

A death hoax YouTube ad claimed that Jim Carrey is dead and had passed away, using the specific words heartbreaking passing and talked about his purported declining health.

Jim Carrey Is Not Dead, Despite Death Hoax in YouTube Ad YouTube users reported seeing an ad that falsely claimed Carrey, the famous movie star and...

False

Did Hundreds of Sheep Mysteriously Die in June 2022? A viral video supposedly showing such an incident was shot in 2021, not 2022; it...

Miscaptioned

Did Louis Armstrong Perform for his Wife at Pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt? Armstrong performed across Africa, including a tour in Egypt, where he went to the Sphinx...

True

Scientists have long known that scorpions can glow under uv light.

Do Scorpions Glow Under UV Light? As if we needed another reason to move to Alaska.

True

Did Members of Congress Provide ‘Reconnaissance Tours’ Before Capitol Riots? New Jersey Representative Mikie Sherrill made the assertion on a Facebook Live broadcast and has...

Mixture

A story about an older woman who flew with drugs and got caught after landing at Dubai International Airport (DXB) cautions against touching other people's luggage for fear of being implicated in crimes, based on fingerprints on the baggage.

Is the ‘Never Touch Anyone’s Luggage’ on Airplane Story Real? We looked for the origins of a story that Facebook users had copied and pasted,...

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