Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Snopes Staff
July 15, 2016 (Updated: Nov. 22, 2019)
Yet another "free coupon" scam attempted to lure social media users with bogus promises.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 21, 2019
You may be surprised to find out just how many sixth cousins the average person has.
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Nov. 19, 2019 (Updated: Nov. 20, 2019)
SEC filing: "We have tax benefits ... that are being utilized to reduce our U.S. taxable income.”
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 19, 2016 (Updated: Nov. 14, 2019)
While money raised during an event for veterans was donated to the Donald J. Trump Foundation, i ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 1, 2014 (Updated: Dec. 31, 2021)
Long-lived actress Betty White, who died on Dec. 31, 2021, at the age of 99, had been the target ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 7, 2014 (Updated: Nov. 13, 2019)
Reports of the death of actor Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson are not real nor new.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 19, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 11, 2019)
Animal welfare activists and experts are deeply concerned about 90 belugas and 11 orcas that wer ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 31, 2019 (Updated: Nov. 8, 2019)
Viral social media posts claimed members of the Trump family had been barred from running charit ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Nov. 6, 2019 (Updated: Nov. 7, 2019)
Newsweek highlighted what it claimed was a conspicuous difference between the president's approa ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 9, 2018 (Updated: Nov. 11, 2020)
A number of restaurant chains offer free meals to U.S. military personnel in conjunction with Ve ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 18, 2016 (Updated: Oct. 29, 2019)
The death of Monica Petersen, an assistant director at the Human Trafficking Center, sparked con ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 31, 2018 (Updated: Oct. 28, 2019)
A viral Facebook post created the misleading impression that carrying blue pumpkin buckets on Ha ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 19, 2017 (Updated: Oct. 24, 2019)
A story about gun crimes that uses statistics from the FBI's annual national crime report is flawed.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 26, 2018 (Updated: Oct. 21, 2019)
It's not just the chickens who are scared by what's seen in this video.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Oct. 15, 2019 (Updated: Oct. 17, 2019)
Viral tweets and Facebook posts drew a direct link between buying chicken sandwiches and killing ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 1, 2012 (Updated: Oct. 15, 2019)
Account describes the shooting of White Plains resident Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 21, 2016 (Updated: Oct. 4, 2019)
The claim that Girl Scout Cookie sales fund Planned Parenthood became popular in mid-2015 and e ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Sept. 30, 2003 (Updated: Oct. 4, 2019)
Does reusing, freezing, or warming plastic water bottles cause them to break down into dioxins o ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
May 29, 2018 (Updated: Sept. 29, 2019)
Survivors of mass shootings and those who have lost loved ones in them condemned the game "Activ ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
April 29, 2019 (Updated: Sept. 26, 2019)
An April 2019 New York Times feature article revived interest in the Australian government's yea ...
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