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
Jan. 24, 2016
Donald Trump controversially observed that he could shoot an individual on a widely trafficked N ...
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Jan. 24, 2016
A social media game of telephone led to the mistaken belief Donald Trump tweeted an image of him ...
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Jan. 24, 2016
Popular fast food outlets aren't giving away free lifetime passes to celebrate their anniversari ...
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Jan. 22, 2016
Junk news strikes again.
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Jan. 22, 2016
A "Satanic ceremony" held by a group in Lansing in December 2015 was neither literally Satanic n ...
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Jan. 21, 2016
Most social media users have encountered a hoax (or ten); here's our cheat sheet on how to spot ...
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Jan. 21, 2016
A viral story related a cross-related confrontation involving a 17-year-old boy in St. Cloud, Mi ...
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Jan. 21, 2016
Several web sites reported that 10 percent of college grads thought Judge Judy was a Supreme Cou ...
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Jan. 21, 2016 (Updated: Oct. 4, 2019)
The claim that Girl Scout Cookie sales fund Planned Parenthood became popular in mid-2015 and e ...
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Jan. 20, 2016
Tax season in 2016 triggered a number of novel riffs on common Internal Revenue Service-based scams.
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Jan. 19, 2016
Fake news sites utilized an old urban legend for a story linking an outbreak of parasitic worms ...
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Jan. 19, 2016
A misleading article claimed that an association of pediatricians had "admitted" a link between ...
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Jan. 15, 2016
No, 'Scarface' is not being remade with Leonardo DiCaprio cast as Tony Montana.
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Jan. 15, 2016
A suspicious GoFundMe page appeared claiming to request funds "Powerball reimbursement," but sig ...
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Jan. 15, 2016
Pat Robertson didn't suggest David Bowie wasn't really dead, or that "demons kidnapped him to en ...
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Jan. 15, 2016
No, this photo doesn't depict the Joint Chiefs of Staff giving President Obama the finger during ...
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Jan. 15, 2016
A severe adverse event occurred during a drug trial in France, but the drug did not contain or i ...
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Jan. 14, 2016
René Angelil, husband of Celine Dion, has died of cancer.
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Jan. 14, 2016
A quote falsely attributed to Alan Rickman about the Harry Potter series became popular on socia ...
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Jan. 14, 2016
Snopes.com's updated guide to the internet's clickbaiting, news-faking, social media exploiting ...
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