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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April 6, 2017
The chairman of the House committee investigating ties between Russia and the Trump campaign fac ...
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April 5, 2017
The claim that the White House asked Crayola to drop the "dandelion" crayon because children wer ...
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April 5, 2017
An investigation by the West Virginia Department of Health was inconclusive, though evidence sug ...
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April 3, 2017
Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum attributed the claim to former EPA head Gina McCarthy during a gu ...
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March 30, 2017
A police investigation is underway to determine how empty cans allegedly contaminated with human ...
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March 29, 2017
Hyperpartisan web sites spread the false claim that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be disba ...
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March 28, 2017
The M-44 "cyanide ejector device" is widely used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to cull p ...
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March 25, 2017
Unreliable sources claimed that Denis Voronenkov, a Vladimir Putin critic who was shot dead in U ...
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March 23, 2017
Naval lore has it that the crew of the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") consumed more than 250 ...
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March 21, 2017
Independent Journal Review suspended three staff members, including chief content officer Benny ...
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March 18, 2017
Police responding to an emergency call found the legendary rock and roll musician dead in his ho ...
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March 17, 2017
In March 2017, General Mills Inc. handed out more than a billion wildflower seeds in a promotion ...
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March 15, 2017
Fake news sites spread the false claim that rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested for inciting violence ...
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March 14, 2017
A March 15, 2017 postcard writing campaign organized via social media aims to deluge President T ...
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March 11, 2017
Reports that the House Minority Leader was taken from her office in handcuffs for plotting to ov ...
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March 10, 2017
Malik Obama reposted a scan of a long-debunked forged document supposedly proving that Barack Ob ...
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March 9, 2017
2017 reports that Fox News anchor Shep Smith had been fired by chairman Rupert Murdoch for being ...
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March 8, 2017
A report stating that Trump's Secretary of Education wants to exclude all information not found ...
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March 7, 2017
Legislation advanced by the GOP included bills to terminate the EPA, repeal the Affordable Care ...
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March 5, 2017
More than one cautionary statement about the dangers technology may pose to humanity has been fa ...
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