David Emery
David Emery is a West Coast-based writer and editor with 25 years of experience fact-checking rumors, hoaxes, and contemporary legends, first as a freelancer for About.com (1997-2016), and as a staff writer and editor for Snopes since July 2016. His varied media career has also included stints as a television writer, contributing editor of a (pre-internet) satirical newspaper, and newsroom librarian.
Written by: David Emery
Feb. 17, 2020
Americans expect their leaders to be larger than life, a truth reflected in the tall tales we te ...
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Dec. 6, 2019
The Japanese surprise attack on U.S. Naval forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, took place on Dec. 7, ...
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Dec. 3, 2019
Yet another "free coupon" scam attempted to lure social media users with bogus promises.
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Oct. 16, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a Down Syndrome Awareness Month proclamation in October 2019.
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Aug. 29, 2019
An article published on a Christian website accused Clinton of attempting to "normalize" Satanism.
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July 17, 2019
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump's parents, both from Slovenia, became U.S. citizens in August 2018.
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July 17, 2019
To date, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has not embraced the idea of attempting to impea ...
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July 12, 2019
Among the many clues that something is deeply amiss with this story is the fact that its author ...
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June 21, 2019
Anecdotal reports of a man finding out his wife owns the house they've been renting were making ...
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June 14, 2019
As of late May 2019, a new Facebook feature allowing users to report technical problems by shaki ...
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June 14, 2019 (Updated: June 19, 2019)
A U.S. State Department policy blocking birthright citizenship for some children born to U.S. ci ...
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June 11, 2019
The report appeared on a website whose masthead reads, 'Where facts don't matter.'
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June 7, 2019
Junk news websites continue to be obsessed with the Obama family.
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June 5, 2019
Einstein, who died in 1955, would probably be chagrined to read the many fake quotes attributed ...
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May 31, 2019
Roosevelt railed against the revolutionary anarchists of his day, whose violent activities he te ...
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May 29, 2019
The president took verbal potshots at his potential 2020 Democratic rival during a May 2019 stat ...
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May 24, 2019
A number of right-leaning websites suggested that Obama "stole" the 2012 election by accepting i ...
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May 22, 2019
Last time we checked, 'conspiracy to create a false conspiracy' was not an actual crime.
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May 21, 2019
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 deemed non-citizens conv ...
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May 15, 2019
Biden said he was warning about the impact Republican economic policies would have on middle-cla ...
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