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
Jan. 22, 2018
Unlike military pay, which is appropriated annually, paychecks for House and Senate members are ...
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Jan. 19, 2018
The attending physician confirmed that a patient walked into the emergency room with the giant p ...
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Jan. 19, 2018
News of the nonexistent warning from the Marine Corps' top brass originated on a satirical blog.
Written by: David Emery
Jan. 19, 2018
Fake news sites reported that the former child star says Hollywood is run by Satanic pedophiles ...
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Jan. 18, 2018
It has long been rumored that President Reagan suffered from Alzheimer's Disease years before it ...
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Jan. 18, 2018
The CEO of a multinational company that makes billions annually selling bottled water called the ...
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Jan. 16, 2018
A satirical article fabricates federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry's statements about her brother ...
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Jan. 15, 2018
Self-styled "moisture accelerator" Charles Hatfield promised to fill the city's depleted reservo ...
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Jan. 11, 2018
Among the heinous acts the controversial former Maricopa County sheriff was accused of in an Int ...
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Jan. 10, 2018
A viral video shows the president apparently fumbling for the words as he sings along with the n ...
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Jan. 10, 2018
Detractors have seized on Winfrey's 2013 comments about how to end racism in an effort to discre ...
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Jan. 9, 2018
Senator McConnell's office denied an anecdote in "Fire and Fury" supposedly illustrating the low ...
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Jan. 8, 2018
Unreliable partisan web sites reposted a work of satire reporting that an FBI investigation into ...
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Jan. 8, 2018 (Updated: Jan. 11, 2018)
The Sweden-based apparel retailer received complaints of racism after a product page on their we ...
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Jan. 5, 2018
How the daughter of a former U.S. president found herself in the company of a supermodel and the ...
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Jan. 3, 2018
Braggadocio aside, the President of the United States can't literally launch a nuclear strike wi ...
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Jan. 3, 2018
Sources reported that the queen issued a royal ultimatum for a prenuptial agreement.
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Jan. 2, 2018
A report in El Nuevo Día that the United States plans to return Puerto Rico to Spain was a Day o ...
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Dec. 28, 2017 (Updated: Jan. 29, 2021)
Despite sixty-plus years of speculation about the deaths of nine skiers in Russia's Ural Mountai ...
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Dec. 27, 2017
A look at how the phrases "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays" were used under President Donal ...
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