Latest Fact Checks

No, US Army Black Hawk helicopter not the same model as chopper in Kobe Bryant’s crash

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu

February 7, 2025

The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.

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Unfounded claims that plane crashes were human sacrifices for the Super Bowl spread online

February 7, 2025

Recent plane crashes in the United States were “human sacrifice rituals” for the Super Bowl.

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You need to calm down. Taylor Swift has not been banned from attending this year’s Super Bowl

By Loreben Tuquero

February 7, 2025

“Breaking news: Taylor Swift officially banned from Super Bowl 2025.”

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No, Elon Musk didn’t say Italians, Japanese should stay in their respective countries

February 7, 2025

“Elon Musk says Italians should stay in Italy and the Japanese in Japan.”

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No, this webpage isn’t evidence of the Trump team ‘trolling’ Kamala Harris

February 7, 2025

An image of a website error code shows the Trump administration “trolling” former Vice President Kamala Harris.

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No, this graphic isn’t proof that USAID paid Chelsea Clinton $84 million

February 7, 2025

Graphic shows that the U.S. Agency for International Development paid Chelsea Clinton $84 million.

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No, USAID didn’t pay Hollywood actors millions of dollars to visit Ukraine

February 7, 2025

An E! News report said USAID paid millions of dollars to sponsor American celebrity visits to Ukraine.

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No hay pruebas de que Coca-Cola denunció a sus trabajadores a ICE, ni que pidió perdón a inmigrantes

By Maria Briceño

February 7, 2025

"Empresa Coca-Cola le pide perdón a los inmigrantes y le envían un mensaje especial a todos los afectados".

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Initial reports that people survived Potomac plane crash aren’t proof the ‘story isn’t adding up’

February 7, 2025

Early reports of four survivors show “this DC plane crash story isn’t adding up.”

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Marco Rubio supported USAID as a senator. As secretary of state, he backs gutting it.

By Amy Sherman , Claire Cranford , Louis Jacobson

February 7, 2025

On support for U.S. Agency for International Development

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No fishy food bill: Elon Musk didn’t say Pentagon spent $600 million annually on sushi

February 6, 2025

Says Elon Musk said, the Pentagon was spending $600 million a year on sushi.

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This isn’t an authentic video of RFK Jr. promoting a diabetes cure

February 6, 2025

Video shows Robert Kennedy Jr. promoting a diabetes cure.

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