Kim LaCapria
Kim LaCapria worked for Snopes between August 2014 and 2018. LaCapria is a New York-based Content Manager, Snopes community member, and folklore enthusiast. When not working, she enjoys air hockey, jjimjilbangs, and casual mermaiding.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 1, 2016
An alarmist rumor misleadingly claimed the CDC was planning to apprehend and detain Americans to ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 1, 2016
A video of a man making wax display vegetables has been used out of context to suggest China is ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 31, 2016
Hacker Guccifer 2.0 released a purported DNC memo pertaining to Democratic candidates' interacti ...
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Aug. 31, 2016
Joking tweets sent by comedian Bill Maher and filmmaker Michael Moore about a heist involving Do ...
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Aug. 31, 2016
Two sentences of John Kerry's remarks in Dhaka on terrorism were highlighted in American media c ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 31, 2016 (Updated: Nov. 8, 2017)
A rumor that the company that created Pokémon Go was launching a Harry Potter-themed version of ...
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Aug. 31, 2016
A predictable death hoax claimed that embattled NFL star Colin Kaepernick died during a national ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 (Updated: July 22, 2019)
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court cited "a pattern of racial profiling of blacks in the c ...
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Aug. 30, 2016
A woman's account of being denied reproductive care because a Catholic hospital opposed IUDs has ...
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Aug. 30, 2016
A newspaper's video critique of FDA guidelines for healthy food led to claims the agency said Fr ...
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Aug. 30, 2016
A satirical article reporting that televangelist Joel Osteen apologized for using Jesus' name in ...
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Aug. 30, 2016
After catastrophic floods in Louisiana, rumors held that the Red Cross had banned prayer in all ...
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Aug. 29, 2016
A fake news site stirred up concern among vapers with a false claim that eleven states had banne ...
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Aug. 29, 2016
The United States government has neither announced nor suggested they plan to permanently "ban" ...
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Aug. 29, 2016
A fake news article claiming Mike Pence called for a condom ban led to images decoupling the fal ...
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Aug. 29, 2016
The actor passed away at the age of 83 in August 2016 from complications of Alzheimer's disease.
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Aug. 29, 2016
The Red Cross was ranked as an "A-" to the Clinton Foundation's "A" by CharityWatch, but the lar ...
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Aug. 29, 2016
'McChicken' topped social media trend lists due to a video of a man defiling the sandwich and wi ...
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Aug. 27, 2016
Louisville policemen said they left a local Taco Bell after employees refused to serve them and ...
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Aug. 27, 2016
Reports of Alabama law enforcement shooting a saxophone-wielding teenager came from a fake news ...
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