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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.

Close Encounters of the Blurred Kind

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 9, 2015

Photographs of an "alien" found in San Jose are likely pictures of a deer fetus, and they clearl ...

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The Handmaid's Fail

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 9, 2015

A spate of poorly vetted news articles about a purported "abortion pill reversal" procedure incl ...

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Mall Spats

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 7, 2015

No, Simon Malls (and Roosevelt Field in particular) didn't "ban Christmas" because some shoppers ...

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Reject Friends Request

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 6, 2015

No, Jennifer Aniston isn't collecting Facebook likes to facilitate a "Friends" reunion.

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The Ties That Bindi

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 6, 2015

Much to-do was made about Bindi Irwin's "Dancing with the Stars" contract dispute, but reporting ...

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Swedish Heat Brawls

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 5, 2015

Misleading blog posts paired an unrelated photograph of firefighters in Sweden with claims that ...

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Parents Claim First-Grader Suspended Over Imaginary Bow and Arrow

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 5, 2015

Cincinnati-area parents Matthew and Martha Miele claim their six-year-old boy was suspended from ...

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Oprah Zinger

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 4, 2015

Oprah Winfrey did not buy BET for $800 million and pledge to make it "for black people again."

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Veteran's Wife Criticizes Wounded Warrior Project

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 4, 2015

The wife of a wounded veteran voiced her frustrations with the Wounded Warrior Project's failure ...

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Locker Gloom

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 4, 2015

Did President Obama order a Chicago school to "allow a transgender boy to use the girls' locker ...

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Pat Robertson: 'Gay People Should Wear Specially-Colored Clothes to Warn Straight People'?

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 3, 2015

Reports that televangelist Pat Robertson said gay people should wear colors by which heterosexua ...

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National Ban-Them

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 3, 2015

Social media users were angered by posts claiming "Muslim children" were offended by the nationa ...

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Offender Dorothy

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 3, 2015

UNT Journalism dean Dorothy Bland wrote a controversial editorial claiming she was racially prof ...

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Icelandish Claims

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 3, 2015

Does Iceland have a majority atheist population, and correspondingly admirable policies with res ...

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Chipotle Closes 43 Stores Following E. Coli Outbreak

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 2, 2015

Chipotle has temporarily closed more than 40 outlets in the Pacific Northwest due to a suspected ...

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The Chicago Gun-Crimes

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 2, 2015

Fake news site reports 318 people were shot in Chicago as part of a "Halloween purge."

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Secret Sisters Gift Exchange

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 2, 2015 (Updated: Nov. 12, 2018)

A "Secret Sister" gift exchange scheme spread via social media promises windfalls it can't deliver.

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Anonymous OpKKK

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 2, 2015

Anonymous-linked social media accounts claimed to have discovered prominent politicians in the r ...

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Military Dis Account

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 2, 2015

A Facebook user claimed Spirit Airlines refused to waive a baggage fee for a soldier on leave, a ...

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Charted Source

Written by: Kim LaCapria

Nov. 2, 2015

A somewhat misleading chart suggests that the United States has a far higher gun murder rate th ...

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