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
July 19, 2016
A fabricated article claimed an "illegal alien" employed at McDonald's was fired for telling cop ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 19, 2016
A clearly doctored image does not depict a woman standing on an American flag while waving a "Hi ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 18, 2016
An online article misleadingly suggested that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had warned Ame ...
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July 18, 2016
Scott Baio asserted during a July 2016 MSNBC appearance that President Obama once said if [Repub ...
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July 18, 2016
Just prior to an outbreak of violence against police in Baton Rouge, a Facebook page claimed emp ...
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July 18, 2016
Just as Pokemon Go's popularity spread like wildfire on social media, so too did a rumor the app ...
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July 18, 2016
A fan-made poster quickly crossed from Instagram to Facebook and led fans to believe Pixar was r ...
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July 18, 2016
A perpetually recirculating video of Black Lives Matter protesters chanting for "dead cops" date ...
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July 18, 2016
Mike Pence did not say that if abortion were allowed in cases of rape, then women would try to g ...
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July 17, 2016
A popular 'fun fact' holds that flamingo egg yolks are bright pink, but flamingo experts are per ...
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July 15, 2016
After the Bastille Day attack in Nice, news outlets rehashed debunked claims that France activel ...
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July 15, 2016
Chris Christie didn't express his disappointment with the selection of Mike Pence as Donald Trum ...
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July 15, 2016 (Updated: Feb. 4, 2019)
The New York Times inaccurately reported an unvetted working paper as a Harvard study that dispr ...
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July 15, 2016
A 'Mad Libs'-style fake news item claimed 21 people were killed in a mass shooting in Ontario (o ...
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July 14, 2016
A conspiracy site latched on to the tragic murder of young DNC staffer Seth Rich to spread false ...
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July 14, 2016
Unconfirmed reports hold that the Republican National Committee has affirmed support for the dis ...
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July 14, 2016
It's true, Nintendo is re-releasing a slightly updated but visually identical version of their p ...
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July 14, 2016
Police in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, have not broken up an Amish "dobergoat fighting ring," nor do ...
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July 14, 2016
A viral image about late prodigy Brandenn Bremmer got some facts right but also included mere sp ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 13, 2016
After Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton, rumors circulated holding that the endorsement wa ...
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