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Snopestionary: What Is an Echo Chamber?

Both in person and online, echo chambers reinforce our own viewpoints and hinder our ability...

Snopestionary: The ‘Straw Man’ Logical Fallacy

Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom...

9 Excellent Resources for New York History Research

There's much more to historical research than old, dusty books.

Snopestionary: The ‘Red Herring’ Logical Fallacy

This logical fallacy is sometimes referred to as the fallacy of distraction.

How to Spot a Deepfake

For starters, don't believe everything you see.

Snopestionary: The ‘Slippery Slope’ Logical Fallacy

Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom...

Snopestionary: The ‘Ad Hominem’ Logical Fallacy

Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom...

Snopestionary: What Is ‘The Great Replacement Theory?’

This is a white supremacist conspiracy theory that posits "global elites" are causing an "invasion"...

Mystery Solved: The Origins of the Creepy Pyramid Photo

An online ad featured a particularly eerie looking photo of a hotel in an apocalyptic...

Abandoned Walmart Explored in ‘Creepy’ Video

The video was posted by an urban explorer known as Triangle of Mass.

Clearing the Frame: Seeing Through Disingenuous Captions

Bird poop? Shaking hands with thin air? Captions can falsely frame shared content in politically...

Earth Day: A Celebration of the Environment Goes Global

The day of recognition started quite humbly more than a half century ago.