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.
Written by: Emery Winter
March 14, 2026
Misinformation about the U.S.-Israel war on Iran has been pervasive on social media.
Written by: Emery Winter
March 11, 2026
The video was originally posted and shared by a meme page and tagged with a label indicating it ...
Written by: Emery Winter
March 11, 2026
Rumor has it the dolphins also forced the "Florida man" to build an underwater city — but the cl ...
Written by: Emery Winter
March 10, 2026
Trump made the comment in a joking tone, suggesting he may not have intended it to be taken lite ...
Written by: Emery Winter
March 10, 2026 (Updated: March 11, 2026)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. supervises banks and insures deposits so people don't lose t ...
Written by: Emery Winter
March 8, 2026
Confusion and rumors have been pervasive online since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran with sur ...
Written by: Emery Winter
March 5, 2026
The statues at public rallies in Iran were apparently meant to represent the U.S., Israel and Je ...
Written by: Emery Winter
March 4, 2026
The legislation was written so that trans people's licenses are revoked immediately without a gr ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 27, 2026
The image was created by Alison Jackson, an artist who creates "convincingly realistic photographs."
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 26, 2026
We'll take "things that never happened" for $1,000, Ken.
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 26, 2026
The tale was described as a "dramatized narrative" in which the events were "fictionalized for s ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 26, 2026
We found numerous signs the rumor was AI-generated.
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 24, 2026
The image depicted one of the Mexican city's most iconic landmarks, the Our Lady of Guadalupe Ch ...
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Feb. 23, 2026
Posts asked if you would visit the establishment. We would — if it was real.
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 18, 2026
While the date of the parades lined up with Presidents Day in the U.S., several German cities ac ...
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Feb. 17, 2026
Although the claims originated from Ring's since-canceled community requests partnership with se ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 15, 2026
The data repeatedly shows that transgender people aren't more likely to commit mass shootings th ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 14, 2026
The photo was of a woman entirely unrelated to the shooting. Her mother has reportedly said she' ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 11, 2026
An alleged quote attributed to the homeland security secretary misidentified both the Bible's au ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Feb. 11, 2026 (Updated: Feb. 16, 2026)
The relationships between tech companies and the Trump administration have come under more scrut ...
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