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: Bethania Palma
Feb. 9, 2017
An article reporting that the Secret Service has added a new unit to coddle the president's feel ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 9, 2017
Huffington Post's satire channel confused some readers by appearing to report that newly-confirm ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Feb. 7, 2017
A report that Vice President Mike Pence was disappointed God never asked him to sacrifice his ch ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Jan. 31, 2017
"Palace staff have assured the Queen that, according to English law, Trump is a subject of the C ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Jan. 22, 2017
A satirical article about Mike Pence's expressing his disappointment in husbands and fathers for ...
Written by: Stephanie Larsen
Jan. 9, 2017
Outside the world of satire, Russian president Vladimir Putin won't be among those performing at ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 12, 2016
A satirical article reporting that the city of Chicago was working around the clock to clean up ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 9, 2016
A story claiming that the Southern Baptist Convention purchased the fast food chain was posted b ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 3, 2016
Reports that New Jersey governor Chris Christie had been arrested for keying Donald Trump's limo ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 28, 2016
A report that Donald Trump tapped El Chapo as head of the Drug Enforcement Administration origin ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 10, 2016
A story that millennials were pacified by "participation trophies" originated from a "satire" site.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 8, 2016
Reports that Hillary Clinton's staff is preparing to disable all the nation's electronic devices ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 29, 2016
The Queen has not urged Americans to write in her name on Election Day in order to transition th ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 24, 2016
The Huffington Post published a satirical item set in the future about Dick Cheney's being sente ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 19, 2016
A satirical item about President Obama's mandating that the loser of the 2016 election leave the ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 11, 2016
A parody page, not former Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann, said Christopher Columbus w ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 11, 2016
A satirical item published by The New Yorker reported that Russian president Vladimir Putin had ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 7, 2016
A photograph purportedly documents a dolphin caught in strong winds from Hurricane Matthew.
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 7, 2016
Among the fake news items published during a nationwide "creepy clown panic" in 2016 were claims ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 6, 2016
The story of a "killer clown" leaving a threatening note at a school was published by a self-des ...
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