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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Dec. 23, 2016
The 'Star Wars' actress reportedly experienced a 'cardiac episode' on a flight from London to Lo ...
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Dec. 23, 2016
Despite an earlier communication from their union saying full-time dancers are obligated to perf ...
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Dec. 20, 2016
We cannot tell a lie: George Washington's false teeth weren't made out of wood, though the mater ...
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Dec. 20, 2016
Untrustworthy web sites reported that at President Obama's behest, the United Nations ordered th ...
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Dec. 20, 2016
The Canadian entertainer was best known for his portrayal of country bumpkin Uncle Clem on the l ...
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Dec. 19, 2016
H.R. 1150 amends the Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act to include protections for n ...
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Dec. 18, 2016
A call to action by the anti-Semitic 'The Daily Stormer' revealed the names and personal contact ...
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Dec. 17, 2016
Undated and unverified surveillance video supposedly showed former 'The Voice' star CeeLo Green ...
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Dec. 17, 2016
Unreliable web sites claimed that H.R. 4919, a House bill passed in December 2016, would allow t ...
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Dec. 15, 2016
Yasmin Seweid, who claimed she was verbally assaulted by three men on a subway train, later admi ...
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Dec. 14, 2016
You'll need a hanky to make it all the way through this sad viral video recounting the tragic li ...
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Dec. 13, 2016
In 2012, President Obama was overheard over a hot microphone telling President Dmitri Medvedev o ...
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Dec. 12, 2016
Unreliable news sources reported that Democrats tried to implement Sharia law in the U.S. via le ...
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Dec. 10, 2016
The unveiling of a Republican plan to "permanently save Social Security" by cutting some benefit ...
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Dec. 9, 2016
Now circulating: a celebration of Donald Trump's election triumph attributed to New York Times c ...
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Dec. 9, 2016
Mascolo, who played quintessential soap opera villain Stefano DiMera on "Days of Our Lives," had ...
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Dec. 8, 2016
Dr. Vanessa Kerry's nonprofit organization, Seed Global Health, was awarded Peace Corps funding ...
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Dec. 7, 2016
Two weeks before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, strange ads appeared for a game of ...
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Dec. 5, 2016
A letter from Carrier Corporation to employees in their Indianapolis plant warns that some jobs ...
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Dec. 4, 2016
The VA says there is no indication infections were transmitted by a dentist using unauthorized e ...
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