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
Oct. 14, 2025
People have fallen for a number of posts by Casper Planet, the satire page that first posted the ...
Written by: Emery Winter
Oct. 14, 2025
This was just one of many made-up stories about missing people found in unusual circumstances ye ...
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Oct. 13, 2025
The Venezuelan opposition leader posted to social media after being honored.
Written by: Emery Winter
Oct. 13, 2025
While some species of anglerfish can grow up to a few feet in length, most are much smaller. The ...
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Oct. 12, 2025
Crocs' iconic clogs still feature the decades-old cartoon crocodile.
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Oct. 11, 2025
The footage appeared to be filmed from the perspective of a helicopter or drone covering the sur ...
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Oct. 9, 2025
The page that posted the tale to Facebook, StoryTime, is a repeat offender of posting fictitious ...
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Oct. 7, 2025
The first, and perhaps most obvious, hint that the story was fabricated was that Hegseth no long ...
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Oct. 6, 2025
The Pender County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina confirmed the authenticity of the call. The ...
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Oct. 3, 2025
Rory McIlroy is just the latest sports star to be the subject of AI-generated stories about dona ...
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Oct. 2, 2025
A warning spread through social media posts incorrectly describes how burundanga, a drug often u ...
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Oct. 1, 2025
Social media posts claimed that an assembly of military leaders did not applaud the defense secr ...
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Sept. 30, 2025
A since-deleted post shared to Trump's Truth Social account promised a fake cure-all medical dev ...
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Sept. 28, 2025
The popular video isn't even of a meteor crater.
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Sept. 27, 2025
The condition that became known as autism was described before the Tylenol brand was created. Au ...
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Sept. 23, 2025
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas released a statement welcoming the U.K.'s recognit ...
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Sept. 22, 2025
The activist said during an August 2025 episode of his podcast that he hoped Swift's engagement ...
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Sept. 18, 2025
The quote came from an opinion piece Redford wrote endorsing Joe Biden for president in 2020.
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Sept. 18, 2025
The study was still on the website as of Sept. 11, 2025, but was removed by the following day, t ...
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Sept. 16, 2025
A widely viewed social media post wondered why the discovery of a dinosaur tail in amber wasn't ...
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