snopes-tionary Archives

Snopes-ing 101: the Fact-Checkers’ Toolbox

Research tips and tricks from the fact-checkers at Snopes.

Snopestionary: What Is the ‘Mandela Effect’?

The Mandela Effect is a collective misremembering of a fact or event. Various theories have...

Snopestionary: What Is Confirmation Bias?

Just because we want something to be true doesn’t make it so.

Snopestionary: What Is Sponsored Content?

Also called "native advertising," it can be as innocent as a restaurant ad on your...

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...

Snopestionary: The ‘Red Herring’ Logical Fallacy

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

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 Was ‘Gamergate’?

"Gamergate" is considered by many to have been a watershed event in the ascendancy of...

Snopestionary: What Is ‘Troll Bait’?

A quick primer on troll bait and why you shouldn't take it.

Snopestionary: Misinformation vs. Disinformation

Both words refer to false information, but one type is more insidious than the other.