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 5, 2017
American television's "Science Guy" was criticized for allegedly advocating penalties on large f ...
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May 4, 2017
The story is another fake scoop from the always-unreliable World News Daily Report.
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May 4, 2017
A quote attributed to the Vice President of the United States claims that churches heal more peo ...
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May 3, 2017 (Updated: Nov. 8, 2017)
Desiree Fairooz, a member of the protest group Code Pink, was charged with disorderly conduct af ...
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May 1, 2017
Does Trump's suggestion that Andrew Jackson could have stopped the Civil War have any basis in h ...
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April 28, 2017
The beloved sci-fi and fantasy writer has chronic money woes due in part to an ongoing legal bat ...
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April 25, 2017
A philosophical notion called the "simulation hypothesis," said to be growing in popularity in h ...
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April 21, 2017
An August 2017 letter to the U.N. signed by Elon Musk and other tech luminaries called autonomou ...
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April 20, 2017
Fake news sources reported that a man from Nassau County was found writhing in pain after amputa ...
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April 18, 2017
Fake news web sites reported that a woman in South Africa gave birth to a litter of puppies afte ...
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April 17, 2017
A number of "true facts" web sites have stated that women in ancient and medieval times "sweeten ...
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April 14, 2017 (Updated: Jan. 27, 2022)
What motivates some people to reject the overwhelming historical evidence and claim the Holocaus ...
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April 13, 2017
The misquote appears to have originated with Schumer's comments during the confirmation hearing ...
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April 12, 2017
A supposed "clarification" by Sean Spicer regarding his remarks about Hitler and chemical weapon ...
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April 11, 2017
Police say the famed rock guitarist was found dead in his home in Groton, Massachusetts on 11 Ap ...
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April 11, 2017
Washington Senators catcher Morris "Moe" Berg never made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but ...
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April 11, 2017
A Russian newspaper reported that Chechens suspected of being gay have been rounded up and detai ...
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April 8, 2017
Unreliable web sites spread the false claim that senior White House officials openly admitted th ...
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April 7, 2017
Indian police rescued a girl initially believed to have been living in the forest with monkeys, ...
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April 6, 2017
The history and implications of the "nuclear option" in the U.S. Senate.
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