‘Noise and Confusion’: Fake News in Ecuador
7 February 2018 Editors at Ecuadoran media outlets told Snopes how fake news and disinformation affected two recent votes in the South American country.
Megan Alpert
Articles by Megan Alpert
Did Trump Put ‘Make America Great Again’ on Presidential Challenge Coins?
23 December 2017 Past designs of the tokens, have been subtler and included the phrase 'E pluribus unum.'
Was a Transgender Woman Convicted of Sexually Assaulting a Young Girl in a Bathroom?
20 October 2017 A spate of blog posts attempted to link the rape of a 10-year-old girl in her home to laws allowing transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond to their identity.
Is ‘Covfefe’ a Word in Arabic? Yiddish? ‘Antediluvian’?
2 June 2017 After President Donald Trump mistyped (then deleted) a tweet, some hurried to ascribe meanings to the mistyped word "covfefe."
Trump Holds Joint Press Conference With Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
18 May 2017 Amid an ongoing political crisis, President Trump affirmed the partnership between the United States and Colombia.
Venezuela’s Political Crisis Sparks Major Protests
6 April 2017 Venezuelans took to the streets to protest moves by the country's Supreme Court to undermine its legislature.
Was a Japanese Man Crushed to Death by a Pile of Pornography?
6 March 2017 Spurious articles reported that a man was crushed by a pile of pornography; he actually died of a heart attack.