Megan Alpert, Author at Snopes.com

‘Noise and Confusion’: Fake News in Ecuador

Editors at Ecuadoran media outlets told Snopes how fake news and disinformation affected two recent...

Did Trump Put ‘Make America Great Again’ on Presidential Challenge Coins?

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?

A spate of blog posts attempted to link the rape of a 10-year-old girl in...

Is ‘Covfefe’ a Word in Arabic? Yiddish? ‘Antediluvian’?

After President Donald Trump mistyped (then deleted) a tweet, some hurried to ascribe meanings to...

Trump Holds Joint Press Conference With Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos

Amid an ongoing political crisis, President Trump affirmed the partnership between the United States and...

Venezuela’s Political Crisis Sparks Major Protests

Venezuelans took to the streets to protest moves by the country's Supreme Court to undermine...

Was a Japanese Man Crushed to Death by a Pile of Pornography?

Spurious articles reported that a man was crushed by a pile of pornography; he actually...