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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Sept. 1, 2016
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a federal ban on selling guns to medical ma ...
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Sept. 1, 2016
Pending industry input, the government reclassification of ammo component wetted nitrocellulose ...
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Aug. 31, 2016
Controversial NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick made a "radical chic" fashion choice for a recent ...
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Aug. 31, 2016
Spanish-language site reports that a hickey on the young man's neck caused a blood clot that tra ...
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Aug. 30, 2016
A statement from Angelina Jolie's attorney said the decision was made "for the health of the fam ...
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Aug. 30, 2016
Mbah Gotho of Indonesia has an identity card that says he was born in 1870, which (if verified) ...
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Aug. 30, 2016
African-American baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson wrote in his autobiography that he couldn't si ...
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Aug. 29, 2016
Is the legacy of black slavery enshrined in a lesser-known stanza of the U.S. national anthem, " ...
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Aug. 29, 2016
A fake news story claims the nonexistent principal of a nonexistent Oregon school is banning rec ...
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Aug. 29, 2016
The 52-year-old star of the History Channel's "Ice Road Truckers" and his co-pilot died in a pla ...
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Aug. 27, 2016
The Republican presidential candidate's initial response to the shooting death of the NBA star's ...
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Aug. 26, 2016
A fake news web site put words in Trump strategist Stephen Bannon's mouth to the effect that he ...
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Aug. 26, 2016
The House opening prayer led by imam Hamad Chebli was no different than those of the other six I ...
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Aug. 26, 2016
Outgoing Midland City, Alabama, mayor Patsy Capshaw Skipper has denied posting a racist comment ...
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Aug. 26, 2016
The story of William Kamkwamba, aka "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," is true, but it isn't new ...
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Aug. 26, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump didn't resort to an old racist stereotype when pr ...
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Aug. 25, 2016
Comedian Rosie O'Donnell stands accused of saying 'I'd like to take my period blood and smear it ...
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Aug. 24, 2016
Conservative radio pundit Rush Limbaugh railed against what he described as an Obama administrat ...
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Aug. 24, 2016
No, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump did not really lash out at God in a series of ...
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Aug. 23, 2016
President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who grew up in the South and understood the politics of racism ...
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