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 31, 2017
Campaigns on GoFundMe and other crowdfunding sites have raised more than $1 million on behalf of ...
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May 30, 2017
A viral video that some claim shows the U.S. president making an obscene gesture at Prime Minist ...
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May 29, 2017
Fake news sites reported that the former "Happy Days" actor died in a plane crash on his way to ...
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May 29, 2017
Fake news web sites promulgated the claim that the House minority leader's son murdered his daug ...
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May 26, 2017
Dubious web sites hawking anti-aging face creams and supplements lure consumers with fake celebr ...
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May 24, 2017
We looked into the accuracy of a viral list touting President Trump's accomplishments during his ...
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May 22, 2017
A satirical web site reported that Trump called KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders "a tremendou ...
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May 18, 2017
A 1987 missive from the former president said his wife, Pat, had seen Trump on television and pr ...
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May 17, 2017
People compared snippets of a commencement address delivered by Trump to snippets of a scene fro ...
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May 16, 2017
President Trump ordered the White House lit up in blue to commemorate Peace Officers Memorial Da ...
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May 15, 2017
The existence of "colored only" businesses under Jim Crow laws in the southern United States com ...
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May 12, 2017
An Internet meme claims that government agencies tried to curb consumption of illegal liquor by ...
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May 11, 2017
Articles alleging that a cargo ship owned by the Clinton Foundation was found to contain foreign ...
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May 11, 2017
Conspiracy theorists find the timing of President Clinton's firing of William Sessions in 1993 " ...
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May 10, 2017
Unreliable web sites falsely reported that Danney Williams, who has claimed to be President Bill ...
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May 10, 2017
The former co-star of MTV's reality show "Rob & Big" was 45 years old.
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May 9, 2017 (Updated: Sept. 26, 2017)
Contrary to Internet rumor, the home improvement maven isn't quitting the HGTV show to start her ...
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May 8, 2017
President Trump's executive order banning travelers from certain countries from entering the U.S ...
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May 8, 2017
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman says he will re-introduce legislati ...
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May 5, 2017
An internal e-mail suggests the Trump administration requested the change.
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