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  2. Fact Checks Archive | Snopes.com

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    Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently. Oct. 1, 2024 One Facebook user commented, "And the manager should have been fired ... a business should be fo ... James Webb Space...

  3. Top Scams - Snopes.com

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    Listed below are several pervasive forms of scams that have proven particularly alluring to potential victims when times are tough. A wealthy foreigner who needs help moving millions of dollars...

  4. Is Snopes Biased or Reliable? 5 Facts About Its Accuracy - MUO

    www.makeuseof.com/tag/is-snopes-biased-reliable

    Even though there are numerous fact-checking sites available, almost all rate Snopes as one of the best fact-checking options around. In short: Snopes is not fake news. Several studies from various independent researchers include Snopes in their most trusted fact-checking site lists.

  5. Who checks the fact-checkers? Penn State researchers

    www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2023/who-fact...

    If the checkers are Snopes and PolitiFact, and the claim is similar, that answer is nearly always yes, Penn State University researchers found. This consistency helps build public trust in...

  6. Scam Warning Jan. 27, 2017 Dozens of news outlets reported on a purported scam wherein fraudsters supposedly falsify charges by randomly calling people and asking 'Can you h ...

  7. Snopes Retracts 60 Articles Plagiarized by Co-Founder - The ...

    www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/business/media/snopes...

    Snopes, which has long presented itself as the internet’s premier fact-checking resource, has retracted 60 articles after a BuzzFeed News investigation found that the site’s co-founder...

  8. Fact-checkingfact checkers: A data-driven approach

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    This study examined four fact checkers (Snopes, PolitiFact, Logically, and the Australian Associated Press FactCheck) using a data-driven approach. First, we scraped 22,349 fact-checking articles from Snopes and PolitiFact and compared their results and agreement on verdicts.

  9. Have 84 members of Congress been arrested for drunk driving in the last year? Have seven been arrested for fraud? We judge these statistics to be not credible. They originated nearly a decade ago...

  10. The future of one of the nation's first digital fact-checking initiatives is in doubt. The site's founder says a legal battle for control of the company has led to all of its revenue being cut...

  11. Snopes Fact-Checker on How to Tell If Online News Is Fake ...

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    Here's how my news team determines what's authentic and what's fake by using our Snopes-ing 101: The Fact-Checkers' Toolbox.