The claim: Stephen Colbert was arrested by JAG

A Nov. 28 story by Real Raw News claims a late-night talk show host was taken into custody by military judicial officers.

"JAG Arrests Stephen Colbert," reads the post's headline.

The story says Colbert was brought to a processing center and will be the first detainee at "JAG’s new detainment center on Guam."

The post was shared on Facebook more than 200 times in two days, according to social media analytics tool CrowdTangle.

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Our rating: False

Spokespeople for both CBS and the Pentagon said the claim is false. The story was posted on a website that routinely publishes false claims about the arrests of high-profile figures.

'Unequivocally false' claim of ‘Late Show’ host’s arrest

CBS aired reruns of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" during the week of Nov. 27. But that was because its star had appendix surgery, not because he was arrested.

The claim is “unequivocally false,” CBS spokesperson Lauren Kamm told USA TODAY.

Pentagon spokesperson Tim Gorman also said the article is baseless.

“There is no truth to this rumor,” Gorman said in an email to USA TODAY.

In addition, the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, or JAG, is a group of lawyers...

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