Taija PerryCook
Taija PerryCook is a Seattle-based journalist. Her work began in the political sphere as a legislative correspondent for Cascade PBS and took her overseas as a reporter for the Jordan Times in Amman, Jordan, before she landed at Snopes as a fact-checker. She holds a journalism degree from the University of Washington with minors in human rights and law, societies, and justice. Passions include film photography, competitive archery, and filling her apartment with unread books.
Written by: Taija PerryCook
Feb. 3, 2026
Although Mamdani's mother attended an afterparty at Ghislaine Maxwell's house for a film she dir ...
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Feb. 3, 2026
We pieced together AI-generated, doctored, outdated or misrepresented images claiming to documen ...
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Feb. 2, 2026 (Updated: Feb. 3, 2026)
The claim is not new — the Miami Herald published its findings in summer 2025.
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Jan. 31, 2026
The photo of the two leaders appeared above a photo of the U.S. president with his granddaughter.
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Jan. 29, 2026
In extreme cases, sonic weapons can cause nausea, dizziness, and even permanent damage. In this ...
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Jan. 29, 2026
The claim spread online as the European Union and India reached “the mother of all deals” after ...
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Jan. 28, 2026
There's been a wave of misinformation surrounding the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, as w ...
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Jan. 26, 2026
Many online assumed the video was AI-generated, but it showed a real event that took place in a ...
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Jan. 22, 2026
The claim resurfaced as mass deportations raised due-process concerns.
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Jan. 22, 2026
The presenter appeared to take a popular social media meme a little too literally.
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Jan. 22, 2026
"It's a good way to educate people on reading stories fully if they sound somewhat unbelievable, ...
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Jan. 21, 2026
Some people online claimed "internal bleeding" was a medical term for a bruise. Here are the facts.
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Jan. 16, 2026
An August 2025 report by The Atlantic claimed three anonymous officials said ICE shortened the t ...
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Jan. 14, 2026
Google Maps street imagery indicated that the incident occurred at the Homeland Security office ...
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Jan. 13, 2026
A popular Christian satire site started the rumor.
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Jan. 11, 2026
The monarch allegedly said the U.K. would follow the U.S. in its "muscular return to colonialism ...
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Jan. 10, 2026
The rumor emerged as the Trump administration threatened Venezuela's sovereignty.
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Jan. 8, 2026
"I would advocate upping the ante on Greenland, by deploying a small trigger force to Greenland, ...
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Jan. 8, 2026
The agreement emerged in a broader pattern of what the Trump administration has called "third-co ...
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Jan. 7, 2026
Hilton moved to cut ties with the independently owned and operated franchise, according to a spo ...
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