Did a Group of Migrant Men With a Kidnapped Mexican Girl Hold a Texas Rancher in El Indio at Gunpoint?
21 January 2019We sought to corroborate an incident described in a social media post that went viral in early 2019.
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Did Trump Tap Giorgio A. Tsoukalos for Secretary of the Space Force?
29 June 2018A satirical article jokingly claimed that the television personality and producer best known as "the Ancient Aliens guy" was going to lead President Donald Trump's Space Force.
Did Melania Trump Wear an ‘Exterminate’ T-Shirt to a Holocaust Memorial?
29 June 2018A satirical web site left some readers unsure about a fake article that followed a real controversy over the First Lady's fashion choices.
Is This a Photograph of Women ‘Screaming Through Their Vaginas’ to Protest the President?
28 June 2018A long-circulating image from an art project became attached to an unrelated backstory about purportedly disgruntled anti-Trump protesters in June 2018.
Trump Administration Asks the Pentagon to House Immigrant Families on Military Sites
27 June 2018Meanwhile, the federal government has not answered questions about how it will comply with an injunction ordering authorities to return children taken from their families under "zero tolerance."
Did 80 Percent of Undocumented Minors Arrive in the United States Without Parents?
27 June 2018Both the White House and Attorney General have used (and misused) a rudimentary and unverifiable statistic in order to downplay their roles in the family separation crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Is the Red Hen Located at 666 E. Washington?
27 June 2018Hacked Google Reviews and manufactured Yelp pages led some to believe that the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia had a "Satanic" address.
Was Joe Biden Refused Service at ‘Crumb and Get It’ in 2012?
27 June 2018A Virginia cookie shop declined to host a media event with the former U.S. vice president during a campaign stop in 2012.
Did Harley Davidson’s CEO Call President Trump ‘a Moron’?
27 June 2018Matthew Levatich was accused of calling Donald Trump a "moron" after the president objected to the company moving some operations to Thailand.
HHS: Reunification of Migrant Children With Detained Parents Will Mean Prolonged Child Detention
26 June 2018Health and Human Services officials said they will reunite children with detained parents if Congress lifts a 20-day limit on child detention.
Did Anti-Trump Protesters Call for Republicans to Be Assassinated?
26 June 2018Hyperpartisan web sites used shoddy image editing to spread inflammatory disinformation.
Did 233 Representatives Vote to ‘Steal’ Social Security’s $2.9 Trillion Surplus?
25 June 2018Claims that lawmakers voted to spend a Social Security surplus to pay off government debt stem from an alarmist account of a failed balanced budget amendment.
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Did Obama Pledge ‘More Flexibility’ Toward Russia After the 2012 Election?
13 December 2016In 2012, President Obama was overheard over a hot microphone telling President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia he would have "more flexibility" to negotiate with Putin after the election.
Will Woody Be Openly Bisexual in ‘Toy Story 4?’
3 June 2019A niche genre of 'satire' sexualizes animated characters.
Is This Video of a ‘Gyro Drop’ Amusement Park Ride Real?
14 June 2019The "Gyro Drop" is a real amusement park ride, but a popular video of it relies on some imagination.
Was This Coyote Given a Bath After Being Mistaken for a Dog?
17 October 2017The critter needed a good cleaning, regardless.
Is This a ‘Possum-Eating’ Spider?
18 June 2019Reports indicate a really big spider ate a really small possum in Australia.