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.
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May 10, 2019
Finally, something on which the political left and right agree!
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May 9, 2019
A quote needn't make sense for some people to believe it's genuine.
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May 8, 2019
"I did not intentionally move to mislead anybody. And I didn't. To this day I didn't."
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May 6, 2019
In 2017, the U.S. senator from Vermont attacked the views of a Trump appointee who said Muslims ...
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May 2, 2019
The legendary singer revealed in her 2018 autobiography that she had coped with bouts of cancer, ...
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April 23, 2019
California U.S. congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar is the grandson of a Palestinian terr ...
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April 18, 2019
The newly elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives are frequent targets of partisan ...
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April 17, 2019
The same internet meme quoted Trump as saying he has 'tremendous respect' for Adolf Hitler.
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April 13, 2019
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, also a Democrat, bypassed the legislature to expand the Gold Star tu ...
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April 11, 2019
The former U.S. secretary of state is often portrayed as a villain in online conspiracy theories.
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April 10, 2019
Remarks the late children's television show host reportedly made in casual conversation with a f ...
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April 3, 2019
According to an internet report, the U.S. vice president is also not fond of the words 'homophon ...
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April 2, 2019
A Barbie image prompted a social media outcry against an alleged plan 'to teach your daughters a ...
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March 15, 2019
Though they weren't typically billed as such, 'human zoos' were unfortunately a thing during the ...
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March 8, 2019
There have to be easier ways to ensure domestic tranquility.
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March 4, 2019
Expo '58 in Brussels featured a reconstructed African village populated by real people shipped o ...
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March 1, 2019
Is there nothing the "Illuminati" elite won't do to maintain their hegemony over the entire world?
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Feb. 28, 2019 (Updated: Sept. 14, 2020)
A bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom leaves the decision whether individuals convicted of ...
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Feb. 22, 2019
At long last, Stepford, Connecticut, may be known for something besides 'The Stepford Wives.'
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Feb. 13, 2019
You won't be hearing about this grisly incident on the nightly news, for very good reason.
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