Fact ChecksLabeled Satire
Labeled Satire This rating indicates the claim stems from content described by its creator as satire. (Snopes does not make determinations on the "realness" or "effectiveness" of satire since such evaluations are subjective. Media may not be effectively recognized or understood as satire despite being labeled as such.) Learn more about our rating system here.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 3, 2016
A claim that the augmented reality game's "Pokémon" character will scream when within a mile of ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 28, 2016
Incarcerated former abortion provider Kermit Gosnell did not appear at the 2016 Democratic Natio ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
July 21, 2016
Amidst Republican Convention chatter on social media, an item from 'The Onion' claiming Donald T ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 10, 2016
Reports that His Holiness endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump originated wit ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 20, 2016
Reports that a Christian theme park featuring a Noah's Ark exhibit was destroyed by a flood whic ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 16, 2016
Satirical item reports that former Republican candidate Dr. Ben Carson has no memory of running ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
April 8, 2016
A satirical article has the GOP candidate suing the populace of Wisconsin for failing to award h ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 30, 2016
A satirical article posited that the Federal Bureau of Investigation spilled water on and ruined ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
March 4, 2016
A humorous item published by The Onion led many readers to believe that Cubans actually attempte ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 10, 2015
A tweet published by The Onion led many social media users to believe orcas were held in plastic ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 5, 2015
Readers surmised the girl had lied about her sexual experience and had blamed the flu vaccine to ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Sept. 22, 2015
"This doesn't sound like a true story. Then again, people do things that don't make sense all th ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 14, 2015
You might think this would be an expected occupational hazard of working in a 'slaughterhouse.'
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Aug. 20, 2015
Some people seriously believed a new SeaWorld attraction involved drowning a live elephant.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 20, 2015
Tales about Samuel Adams producing HeliYum, a helium-infused brand of beer, were April Fool's jokes.
Written by: Dan Evon
June 10, 2015
“You’ve done more than I could have asked, and now you’re free to roam and run wherever you please."
Written by: Dan Evon
May 25, 2015
Gov. Bobby Jindal reportedly broke off trade relations with Ireland after that country legalized ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
May 18, 2015
Taste the rainblow?
Written by: Dan Evon
March 26, 2015
President Obama supposedly signed an executive order preventing Ted Cruz from signing up for Oba ...
Written by: Dan Evon
March 12, 2015
"What were we even thinking?" the Patriarch of the West asked rhetorically.
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