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Emery Winter

Emery Winter is a Snopes reporter from Virginia Beach, Virginia, who now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. They graduated from Queens University of Charlotte with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in sports communications. They started their career working as a freelance esports reporter and fact-checking for VERIFY, TEGNA's national fact-checking platform, before joining the Snopes team in June 2025. In their free time, Emery enjoys playing video games, watching animated movies and television, cheering for bad sports teams, thinking about getting back into bowling and participating in many other nerdy hobbies.

An illustration making it appear as a photo is a part of a torn paper. The photo is of an opened door in the floor to some dark but clear water. There is a concrete wall and metal ladder rungs descending from the door into the water.

Open trapdoor in Epstein files is likely more mundane than posts suggest

Written by: Emery Winter

April 11, 2026

Social media users assigned nefarious uses for a door that most likely opened into a water colle ...

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What to know about automatic US military draft registration planned by December 2026

Written by: Emery Winter

April 9, 2026 (Updated: April 10, 2026)

In the past, eligible men have had to self-register for the draft by law. A change will make it ...

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Side-by-side images, a real Artemis II moon photo on the left and a fake image to the right. The left photo is dominated by the far side of the moon. Above and to the moon's left is a crescent Earth. The right image is an AI-generated view of the moon out of a circular window, with the full Earth in view to the right and the sun to the right of that

Artemis II moon images: Separating fact from science fiction

Written by: Emery Winter

April 8, 2026

The astronauts of the Artemis II mission captured several stunning photographs of the moon, but ...

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A photo of Donald Trump speaking into a microphone while next to someone wearing an Easter bunny costume suit. The White House is behind him and green plants with white flowers are in front of him.

Bunnies, bombs and Biden: What Trump said during 2026 White House Easter Egg Roll

Written by: Emery Winter

April 8, 2026

The president talked about Kamala Harris' IQ, Joe Biden's autopen and his war with Iran while ch ...

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Portrait photo of Pope Leo wearing predominantly red, gold, and white in front of a stone backdrop

Did Pope Leo XIV say no one can use God to justify war?

Written by: Emery Winter

April 8, 2026

During his first Palm Sunday Mass as pope, Leo told those in attendance that God ignores the pra ...

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AI-generated image from Facebook post. It shows Stephen Colbert, with his wife next to him, cutting a red ribbon with red kitchen scissors. Behind and to his right is a statue of the couple with their names. Behind and to his left is an older white man with a green jacket and hat. At the back is a large building with a mostly glass entrance, with many people wearing suits standing in front of it and looing in the direction of the camera.

Tune out claim Stephen Colbert and his wife opened free hospital for homeless

Written by: Emery Winter

April 7, 2026

The story matches a template often repeated in AI-generated stories about celebrities opening fr ...

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Close up photo portrait of Mike Johnson, a white man wearing glasses and a blue suit, talking to out-of-focus people in the foreground

Did Mike Johnson say on hot mic it'd be 'huge' for GOP if SAVE America Act lowered voter turnout?

Written by: Emery Winter

April 6, 2026

The House speaker was referring to an amendment election in Louisiana, in which 12%-18% turnout ...

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A black-and-white photo of Jackie Mitchell, a white teenage girl in a baseball uniform and cap, in the follow-through of her pitch. Behind and to the left of her are Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig watching her while in Yankees uniforms. Gehrig is smiling, but Ruth looks stern

Did 17-year-old girl strike out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig?

Written by: Emery Winter

April 5, 2026

Jackie Mitchell struck Ruth out in four pitches and Gehrig in three. Some have since claimed it ...

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Screenshot from video claiming sewage dam was opened into Gaza water. It's an image of the ocean from the vantage point of a dune or cliff. While the nearby water is bluish, the more distant water is brown.

Did Israel open 'sewage dam' into Gaza's main river? Claim undersells sanitation crisis

Written by: Emery Winter

April 3, 2026

Gaza's wastewater sanitation crisis is far greater than what a dam opening into a seasonal river ...

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Screenshot of animation of Iran Lord of the Straits video. It's a simple drawing of the area immediately around the Strait of Hormuz. Persian Gulf is labeled at left. IRAN is labeled at north. There is an Iran flag and a smirking emoji together over Iran while a bunch of boat icons travel through the Strait of Hormuz.

Did Iranian media release animated 'Lord of the Straits' video? We investigated

Written by: Emery Winter

March 28, 2026

It appears the video originated from a pro-government Iranian social media user.

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Screenshot of AI-generated alligator video. Countless alligators are seen swimming in shallow brown water on a neighborhood road. The floodwaters and the alligators drift into some people's yards around the street. The video is taken from within a car driving through the alligators.

Say 'see ya later, alligator' to Facebook post of gators flooding Missouri town's streets

Written by: Emery Winter

March 27, 2026

It's a bad idea to drive a car through a flooded street. It's probably a much worse idea to driv ...

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A close up photo of House Speaker Mike Johnson speaking into a microphone on a lectern.

Mike Johnson wasn't caught on 'hot mic' saying it'd be 'huge' for GOP if SAVE America Act lowered voter turnout

Written by: Emery Winter

March 25, 2026

The discussion was about a Louisiana election without any major races, which would typically get ...

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Screenshot of Facebook post about AI-generated rumor of Ruffalo. It features Mark Ruffalo sat on a yellow couch with his hands knitted in his lap. He has too many fingers and is looking slightly off the camera. Behind him looks like a studio set with a display above featuring Bondi's image, Epstein's image, and an image of Giuffre's memoir "Nobody's Girl."

Don't believe claim Mark Ruffalo invested $369K in 'Where Truth Leads, Justice Follows' TV special

Written by: Emery Winter

March 24, 2026

The same blog behind the fabricated Ruffalo tale shared a nearly identical fake story about Adam ...

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Overlaid on top of Michael B. Jordan holding an Oscar award while on stage is a fake X post attributed to him. It reads: "I'm good. Every time a successful Black man is winning, somehow you try to insert yourself into the moment and shift the narrative. Not happening here. I worked too hard for this to turn into something else. Respectfully... keep me out of it." There is a red Snopes "FALSE" logo at the right corner of the post.

Did Michael B. Jordan respond to Kim Kardashian asking if he was single?

Written by: Emery Winter

March 24, 2026

The Oscar-winner also supposedly criticized Kardashian on X while rejecting her alleged advances.

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Fake image of Cosmic Vine. It shows a chain of galaxies connected to each other without space between them running from top to bottom of image. The positioning of the galaxies gives the chain a helix-like shape.

Did scientists release this image allegedly showing 'Cosmic Vine' of galaxies? We unearthed the evidence

Written by: Emery Winter

March 23, 2026

While scientists discovered the Cosmic Vine using the James Webb Space Telescope, they have yet ...

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An illustrative image of a dolphin to the left and in front of an image of a sunburned man. "LEE COUNTY SHERIFF" is written over the sunburned man, and both man and dolphin are overlaid on top of an ocean background.

Rumor that Florida man was kidnapped by dolphins is all wet

Written by: Emery Winter

March 21, 2026

You should question this rumor even if you don't question Gerald.

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A screenshot of video posted to X. In frame is a busy highway as seen from someone on it. The shot is dominated by a massive fire with a large cloud of black smoke at center. To the right is a building with the letters "SA" on it. To the left is a brown road sign and a distant highrise building.

Video of massive fire isn't from Iranian strike on Dubai International Airport. Here's how we know

Written by: Emery Winter

March 18, 2026

Although Iran carried out military strikes at and around the Dubai airport in March 2026, the vi ...

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Two portrait photos side-by-side. To the left is Donald Trump and to the right is Pope Leo XIV

Don't believe rumor Trump told Pope Leo XIV to 'sit down' amid Iran war debate

Written by: Emery Winter

March 16, 2026

The claim about the presidential-papal confrontation was just another in a long line of AI-gener ...

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A photo of Trump sitting by Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and Chris Wright, all wearing the same style of shiny, black leather oxford shoes. A circular cutout of another photo is overlaid on top showing a close-up of Rubio's shoes from a different photo, in which a gap is between the heels of his right foot and shoe.

Unpacking claims Trump bought shoes for Cabinet members

Written by: Emery Winter

March 16, 2026

Did Marco Rubio wear Florsheim shoes too big for him? We inspected photos of his feet to try to ...

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Nighttime photo of Tehran. Apartments in foreground, fire and smoke from airstrikes at middle, mountains illuminated by flames in background

16 claims we've researched in Iran war's first 2 weeks

Written by: Emery Winter

March 14, 2026

Misinformation about the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has been pervasive on social media.

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