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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 inauthentic image of Trump and Epstein in what appears to be a bathhouse. Trump has aviator sunglasses and a white towel, but is otherwise naked. Epstein appears to also be naked. What appears to be a teenage girl is washing Trump's foot.

Don't be fooled by alleged image of Trump and Epstein getting feet washed by girl

Written by: Emery Winter

Feb. 10, 2026

The image originated from an artist who creates realistic but, ultimately, fake images depicting ...

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Two side-by-side images. The left is a sepia-toned image of a young woman, with the red of her lipstick being the color that most pops out. The image on right is a decades-old half-buried car that appears to be in a forest. Most of the car's paint has peeled away, its engine and wheels are missing, and it looks generally ruined

Bury supposed story of missing Texas woman's car found beneath ranch more than 70 years later

Written by: Emery Winter

Feb. 10, 2026

Some YouTube channels and Facebook page deal exclusively in fictional stories of missing people ...

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Portrait photos of Donald Trump (left) and Octavia Butler (right) over a yellow background filled with red Make America Great Again caps

Octavia Butler used 'make America great again' in book years before Trump, but she didn't coin phrase

Written by: Emery Winter

Feb. 9, 2026

A presidential character in the author's 1998 "Parable of the Talents" was inspired by Ronald Re ...

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A photo of an opened trapdoor set in greyish-blue flooring. Beneath the trapdoor is clear water. There are four metal ladder rungs attached to a concrete wall leading down to the water.

Epstein files photo shows trapdoor opening to water. Here's its likely purpose

Written by: Emery Winter

Feb. 6, 2026

Social media users speculated that the door was used for nefarious purposes related to unproven ...

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Google Maps image of the coastline of Virginia, specifically Virginia Beach and the eastern shore. On the right side of the map, just off the ocean's continental shelf, is a section of oceanic islands and underwater features photoshopped into the frame to look like a giant snake off of the coast.

Posts claim images show Leviathan 'waking up.' We found the real story lurking underneath

Written by: Emery Winter

Feb. 6, 2026

The "beast" on Google Maps — called Leviathan, dragon, snake and more by some — is actually just ...

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Photo from above of a crowd with anti-ICE protest banners filling a Minneapolis street from one building to the other. The US Bank Center is in the background and the ground is covered in snow

Was Minneapolis officially nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize?

Written by: Emery Winter

Feb. 4, 2026

The Nation, a progressive magazine, formally nominated the city for its residents' resistance to ...

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Close up photo of Liam Ramos, a young boy, wearing a blue beanie and a Spiderman-themed backpack facing the back of a black vehicle covered in ice and/or road salt. An adult is behind him, with a hand on his backpack

Did the school of Liam Ramos, 5-year-old detained by ICE in Minnesota, close because of bomb threat?

Written by: Emery Winter

Feb. 3, 2026

The bomb threat that shut down Columbia Heights Public Schools for a day came as Liam returned h ...

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A screenshot of AI-generated video of a white dragon in a clearing surrounded by a pine forest, with two people standing around the dragon.

Video of white dragon in China is AI-generated fantasy

Written by: Emery Winter

Feb. 2, 2026

Social media users have long shared images and videos said to show the fictional creatures.

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Barack Obama as president at a podium

Obama's immigration policies: 9 claims we've unpacked

Written by: Emery Winter

Feb. 1, 2026

Since the start of Trump's first presidential term in 2017, people have pitted his policies on i ...

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Illustrative image of statement next to a cutout photo of Don Lemon speaking into a microphone. The statement reads: Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards. Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done. The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable. There is no more important time for people like Don to be doing this work. Instead of investigating the federal agents who killed two peaceful Minnesota protesters, the Trump Justice Department is devoting its time, attention and resources to this arrest, and that is the real indictment of wrongdoing in this case. This unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration will not stand. Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court.

Don Lemon was arrested. This statement from his attorney is real

Written by: Emery Winter

Jan. 30, 2026

Lemon, an independent journalist and former CNN anchor, was arrested alongside independent journ ...

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Close up photo of a Ring video doorbell on a house made of wooden planks

Analyzing claim ICE can use Ring doorbells as mass surveillance tools

Written by: Emery Winter

Jan. 30, 2026

Online rumors assert that Ring's partnership with Flock, which manages systems used by law enfor ...

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Are Wimbledon tennis balls repurposed as homes for threatened harvest mice?

Written by: Emery Winter

Jan. 28, 2026

Harvest mice are Britain's smallest rodent, and tennis balls with holes can serve as shelters fo ...

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Image of a town full of 6+ story apartment buildings, some of which have what appears to be a tidal wave of snow on top of them at about twice the apartment buildings' height

Avalanche of fake snow images from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula hits social media

Written by: Emery Winter

Jan. 27, 2026

Real photos of the January 2026 snowstorm in Kamchatka's capital were dramatic, but some images ...

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Photo of part of Renee Good Memorial. There is a yellow poster with a drawing of her portrait and her name and a cardboard sign saying "Renee you won't be forgotten"

15 claims we've examined about ICE agent's killing of Renee Good

Written by: Emery Winter

Jan. 26, 2026

ICE agent Jonathan Ross' fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Renee Good sparked numerous rumo ...

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Screenshot of TikTok video that reads: "BREAKING NEWS THIS MAN CLAIMS HE'S TRAPPED IN FRANCE IN THE YEAR 2055"

Spoiler alert: Masked man is not time traveler 'stuck in 2055'

Written by: Emery Winter

Jan. 25, 2026

Contrary to a post that claimed "no one can debunk his videos," the creator of said clips debunk ...

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Photo of memorial of Renee Nicole Good, featuring her photo, some flowers, and a Progress Pride flag

Fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good: 7 claims we've fact-checked

Written by: Emery Winter

Jan. 17, 2026

The internet exploded with competing claims and rumors about the shooting in Minneapolis.

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Close up portrait photo of David Muir in a tuxedo in front of a red background

Did David Muir 'snap' on air, warning of martial law and no midterms?

Written by: Emery Winter

Jan. 15, 2026

Are you blind to what's coming, or are you just afraid to say it's AI-generated out loud?

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Screenshot of AI-made Iran protest video. Text on the screen reads "All Eyes on Iran" and depicts a bunch of people holding their phones up into the air to display lights

Watch out for this video depicting people marching through Iranian city amid nationwide protests

Written by: Emery Winter

Jan. 15, 2026

Demonstrations in Iran commenced at the end of 2025 and continued into 2026 amid increasing frus ...

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A photo of the front of a Chipotle store

Did owner of Chipotle donate to ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good? No, but here's who did

Written by: Emery Winter

Jan. 14, 2026

Bill Ackman, who donated to a GoFundMe campaign for the agent, bought a 10% stake in Chipotle in ...

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A screenshot of Trump's Truth Social post, which included a fake screenshot of a Wikipedia article declaring Trump "Acting President of Venezuela"

Did Trump post this doctored screenshot calling him the 'acting president of Venezuela'?

Written by: Emery Winter

Jan. 12, 2026

Wikipedia has bestowed no such title on the U.S. president.

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