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.
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 18, 2022
This luxurious, patented, all-metal diving suit featured the latest in deep-sea technology, incl ...
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Aug. 13, 2022
A doctored video clip appeared at first glance to show the Florida governor arguing with Sean Ha ...
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Aug. 11, 2022
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked about her August 2022 trip to Taiwan during an appeara ...
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Aug. 10, 2022
Another banner at the same conservative conference warned, "You're Next: The Rise of the Democra ...
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Aug. 9, 2022
Consider the sourcelessness.
Written by: David Emery
Aug. 8, 2022
What will they think of next? Ketchup protocols?
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Aug. 5, 2022
The Pittsburgh Steelers' head coach has expressed support for his players who take a stand again ...
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June 24, 2022
Some states enacted laws to automatically ban or restrict abortion in anticipation of a U.S. Sup ...
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June 17, 2022
Johnson was best known for his role as the brainy professor in the 1960s TV series "Gilligan's I ...
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June 11, 2022 (Updated: June 13, 2022)
A purported police mug shot of a bruised and disheveled Paul Pelosi miraculously turned up on so ...
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May 26, 2022
Kyle Rittenhouse has threatened lawsuits against the news media, but there was no pending case i ...
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May 24, 2022
Snopes' readers have asked us to fact-check a wide variety of claims about the controversial org ...
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May 23, 2022
A prodigious purveyor of junk news strikes again.
Written by: David Emery
May 13, 2022
An assortment of Snopes fact checks on that most holey of sweet confections, the doughnut.
Written by: David Emery
May 13, 2022
Is it "satire," or gaslighting the public with potentially dangerous medical misinformation? You ...
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May 7, 2022
In less than 24 hours, a fabricated claim from a self-described "satire" website was copied and ...
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April 29, 2022 (Updated: Aug. 12, 2022)
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke out against censorship during a commencement address a ...
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April 4, 2022
"Gamergate" is considered by many to have been a watershed event in the ascendancy of extremist ...
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March 24, 2022
Consider the sourcelessness.
Written by: David Emery
March 20, 2022 (Updated: July 29, 2022)
Could it be ...... SATAN???
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