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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July 22, 2016
The famed film director supposedly wrote a profanity-laced letter to MGM executive James Aubrey ...
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July 21, 2016
Viral rumors of 'Islamic symbolism' added to the White House fence during a 2015 security upgrad ...
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July 20, 2016
Saul Alinsky made a literary allusion to Lucifer as 'the first radical known to man' in an epigr ...
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July 19, 2016
Among his other accomplishments, comedy legend Garry Marshall gave us "Happy Days," "Laverne & S ...
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July 19, 2016
After Melania Trump was accused of plagiarizing Michelle Obama's 2008 DNC speech, a claim circul ...
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July 18, 2016
To say that Melania Trump's 2016 convention speech was 'similar' to Michelle Obama's 2008 addres ...
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July 18, 2016
The Internet wants to know why Charlotte Pence's reflection isn't visible in a restaurant mirror.
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July 17, 2016
A fake news article stated that President Obama issued an executive order calling for a memorial ...
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July 17, 2016
A popular joke about the wisdom of the saying 'Grow some balls' is falsely attributed to actress ...
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July 14, 2016
A frequently recirculated Facebook hoax has convinced many people that actor Rowan Atkinson ("Mr ...
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July 14, 2016
A billboard erected by LGBT activists near the site of the 2016 Republican convention depicts Do ...
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July 14, 2016
A pro-Muslim group calling itself 'For Public Purity' is supposedly campaigning for a ban on do ...
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July 13, 2016
Conspiracy web sites mistook an accidental fireworks explosion near the Eiffel Tower for a terro ...
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July 12, 2016
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission says it wants to ensure 'highest standards of hum ...
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July 12, 2016
An Internet meme touts the economic achievements of United States President Barack Obama.
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July 11, 2016
Reports that a New Jersey woman died after having a maggot-infested weave sewn into her scalp we ...
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July 9, 2016
An altered image purports to show Albert Einstein racing away from an atomic bomb explosion on a ...
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July 7, 2016
An Internet meme compares the fates of Marine Corps Maj. Jason Brezler and former Secretary of S ...
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