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
Dec. 26, 2017
Robert Strong, an employee of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, took responsib ...
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Dec. 21, 2017
In a viral video, Abigail Disney said the 2017 tax plan is a windfall for rich people and large ...
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Dec. 19, 2017
We celebrate this unique U.S. tradition with seven things you probably didn't know about Chinese ...
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Dec. 18, 2017
The New York Daily News has reported that due to errors on their absentee ballots, the votes of ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria David Emery
Dec. 18, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 30, 2019)
Recent events have played a role in changing the public's perception of the 1944 holiday standard.
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 14, 2017
The Republican majority of FCC commissioners voted to eliminate Obama-era regulations ensuring o ...
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Dec. 11, 2017
Only two Jewish members of Congress, both Republicans, received invitations to the Trump White H ...
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Dec. 8, 2017
Blowback against the proposed elimination of deductions for personal losses caused by natural di ...
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Dec. 7, 2017
A story claimed a San Diego Zoo employee was accused of sexually assaulting a 500-pound male gor ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 7, 2017 (Updated: Dec. 6, 2021)
Fact checks related to the Dec. 7, 1941, bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, the event that ...
Written by: David Emery
Dec. 6, 2017
Fake news web sites reported that Michelle Obama desperately wanted to attend Prince Harry's wed ...
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Dec. 5, 2017
The legislation grants tax breaks to families with children in private schools, while repealing ...
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Dec. 4, 2017
Proponents of keeping the FCC's net neutrality regulations cited a Portuguese company's mobile d ...
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Dec. 4, 2017
Contrary to rumor, the tax bill does not eliminate deductions for small business expenses, thoug ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 30, 2017
Rihanna, LeBron James, and other celebrities took to social media to argue that the life sentenc ...
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Nov. 29, 2017
How wishing people "Happy holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" came to be regarded as an act o ...
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Nov. 19, 2017
The State Department awarded a no-bid contract to Moscow's Elite Security Holding Company to rep ...
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Nov. 19, 2017
The Country Music Hall of Famer's publicist said Tillis never fully recovered from surgery for d ...
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Nov. 15, 2017
Hyperpartisan web sites persist in recycling false reports about California legislators' exempti ...
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Nov. 14, 2017
Was a nineteenth-century Englishman named Edward Mordake (or Mordrake) born with a malevolent "s ...
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