Rating: Unproven

This rating indicates that insufficient evidence exists to establish the given claim as true, but the claim cannot be definitively proved false. This rating typically involves claims for which there is little or no affirmative evidence, but for which declaring them to be false would require the difficult (if not impossible) task of our being able to prove a negative or accurately discern someone else’s thoughts and motivations.

Fauxtography

Did a Science Textbook Mistake Africa for South America?

14 August 2018 An image of a shockingly inaccurate map may have once appeared in a textbook, but the current version of that work is correct.

Fauxtography

Is This a Photograph of 8.6-Kilogram Baby?

11 August 2018 News reports and photographs abound documenting the birth of children weighing upwards of 17 pounds at delivery.

Medical

Do Curved Fingernails Indicate Serious Health Problems?

9 August 2018 Curved or “clubbed” fingernails have been used as an indicator of health since the time of Hippocrates, but their utility as a diagnostic is limited.

Fauxtography

Does This Image Show a ‘Firenado’ in California?

6 August 2018 A "firenado" truly formed during the Carr fire in California, but this photograph likely does not document that event.

Politics Politics

Did a Racist Who Followed a Black Man Home to Call Him a Racial Slur Have His Business Destroyed?

2 August 2018 Jeffrey Whitman told a local newspaper columnist he'd gone out of business after being caught on video calling a man the N-word.

Fauxtography

Does This Photograph Show Che Guevara Executing Two Women?

1 August 2018 Claims that a photograph shows Che Guevara executing two women appear to be based solely on the fact that the pictured man is wearing a military beret.

Inboxer Rebellion

Did a Child Suffer Chemical Burns from a Skechers Light-Up Shoe?

24 July 2018 Sherry Foster said that although her son will recover, he is now afraid to wear shoes.

Politics Politics

Is Peter Strzok a CIA Operative Who Grew Up in Iran and Was ‘Placed’ in the FBI to Help Hillary Clinton?

23 July 2018 A right-wing blog with a history of spreading conspiracy theories claimed the FBI agent is really a CIA operative with foreign ties who was assigned by the 'deep state' to help Hillary Clinton win the 2016 election.

Fauxtography

Does This Video Show a Woman Stabbing Her Partner While Dancing with Him?

20 July 2018 There are many reasons to be suspicious of a video purportedly showing a woman stabbing a man with whom she was dancing.

Politics Politics

Is the Trump Administration Making Immigrants Pay $800 for DNA Tests to Get Their Children Back?

17 July 2018 A handful of parents in Texas said they were told by social workers they would have to pay for DNA testing to be reunified with separated immigrant children.

Politics Politics

Did the Obama Administration Grant Citizenship to 2,500 Iranians During Nuclear Deal Negotiations?

4 July 2018 We found no evidence the Obama administration gave preferential treatment to the 23,000-plus Iranian-born people who gained citizenship or legal permanent status in 2015.

Fauxtography

Are These Girls Wearing ‘F*ck Trump’ Shirts?

3 July 2018 Shirts featuring 'the F word' are commonplace at political rallies, but the origins of a photograph showing two little girls wearing "Fuck Trump" shirts is unclear.

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