#snopes

[heckyeahponyscans]

Snopes.com was THE fact-checking / lie-debunking website in the 2000s, covering everything from lighthearted fare like "is this a picture of Bigfoot?" to rumors about Iraq War, which at the time often spread via chain emails or Dick Cheney.

Well, Snopes still exists and I encourage you to check it out. They will investigate until they find the primary source of a photo, a quote, an article. This is especially important in a world where AI is increasingly able to fool the human eye and human ear.

In case you were wondering, the status of the photos / articles I clipped for this post are:

Israel making a deal with BetterHelp - Real, and the company was founded by an IDF soldier who proudly brags about this fact in his online profile. Also they have previously been caught selling private medical information.

IDF soldier threatening a woman with children - Real picture but not from current conflict

Are Palestinians forbidden from collecting rainwater? Yes, and the situation is even more dire than the headline makes it sound. Really recommend this article for a deeper understanding of the discrimination the Palestinians suffered even prior to the current conflict.

Did Israel use white phosphorus on Gaza? The evidence strongly points to yes. This article is VERY good, very well-researched.

#snopes #Gaza #free Palestine #fact checking #no human is truly unbiased #but Snopes has always been dedicated to the truth over everything else #btw I vaguely remember Snopes getting into a kerfuffle over plagiarism #of course I don't like plagiarism but the good Snopes has done FAR outweighs any harm they've done #during the 2000s your dumbest relatives were sure to be sending you stupid untrue (and often racist) chain letters constantly #and it was a GODSEND to be able to say 'that's not true' and send them to Snopes #which they would often get mad about btw #like someone had forced them to spread rumors without fact-checking them #anyway I hope this information helps a whole new generation combat ignorance

[rejectingrepublicans]

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#republican assholes #marjorie traitor greene #political humor #snopes

[odinsblog]

(source)

#politics #lol #donald trump #republicans #ugly #snopes #orange turd #🍊💩

[sher-ee]

This right here 👆🏻

He said it.

Republicans can continue to reject the truth and deem everything they don’t want to hear “fake news”, but Trump said it.

#donald trump #traitor trump #military #veterans #bad person #department of defense #marine corps #belleau wood #suckers #losers #snopes #vote joe biden #save america #america #president biden

[floridaboiler]

source - https://twitter.com/ZOrtiz99

some more details about this photo:

Snopes Link - https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/time-perfect-body/

#Snopes

[lizardsfromspace]

One of the many reasons it sucks that Snopes isn't on the Wayback Machine is that it erases the funniest thing good urban legend site era Snopes ever did, which is when they got mad at their web host and made a page that was like "claim: [host name] provides stable, affordable web hosting and responsive customer support, VERDICT: FALSE"

#snopes #old web

[yesterdays-xkcd]

The MythBusters are even more sinister.

Snopes [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[Two Cueballs sit at a table across from each other, typing on their laptops.] Cueball: Another urban legend? You should check out Snopes before sending me this stuff. Friend: Oops; yeah. Cueball: Man, Snopes is really great--independent fact-checkers trawling our collective discourse, filtering out misinformation.

[The Cueballs are still sitting at the table across from each other, looking at each other.] Friend: Yeah, but they have their dark side. The couple that runs snopes.com also runs a network of spam servers that start many of those forwarded stories in the first place, ensuring they'll always have business.

[Cueball on the left is typing on his laptop, while the second Cueball is sitting, stunned.] Cueball: That's absurd. Plus, it's definitely not true--it was debunked by... Friend: Yes? Cueball: ...Oh my God.

#xkcd #snopes #xkcd 250 #2000s #2007

[eretzyisrael]

by Rachel O'Donoghue

On October 19, two days after the explosion, Snopes published an article asking, “Did Israel Warn Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza to Evacuate?” written by former Al Jazeera journalist Nur Ibrahim.

In addition to relying on widely discredited reporting on the events from The New York Times for its “fact-checking,” the article also fails to acknowledge the many pieces of evidence released by Israel that exonerate itself, as well as the United States’ own findings that Islamic Jihad was responsible.

Perhaps owing to her employment history, Ibrahim uses a statement given to Al Jazeera without noting the outlet is a state-run propaganda arm of the Qatari government, and fails to note that the “unnamed senior health official in Gaza” who spoke to Al Jazeera would be affiliated with Hamas, which controls the Gazan health authorities.

It is also clear that Snopes did some sneaky editing of the article where it had initially made errors.

An original version of the piece states unequivocally that “500 people were killed” which was later amended to read “hundreds of people” even though that figure is still in dispute.

Fact-Finding Over Beheaded Babies

One of the most disgusting “debates” that has taken place during the war is whether Hamas terrorists beheaded babies or merely shot them during the murderous onslaught in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7.

Also written by Nur Ibrahim, the Snopes article allegedly debunking the claim flippantly describes the beheading atrocity as a “viral rumor spread by news media, the US president, and so on.”

It also includes this disturbing paragraph: “As we looked into the claim, we found contradictory reports from journalists, Israeli army officials, and almost no independent corroborations of the alleged war crime, leading to concerns among fact-checkers that such a claim may be premature or unsubstantiated.”

This is a lie.

#snopes #liars #nur ibrahim #al jazeera #beheaded babies

[ohfugecannada]

A few good sites/pages for learning some media literacy and spotting online misinformation:

Snopes.com - a site that’s been around for twenty years (long before Google search engine was a thing) debunking urban legands and, more recently, fake news and misinformation.

Checkyourfact.com - a site similar to snopes that debunks fake news and viral “facts”. It’s the place I found out that post about Kraft releasing a rainbow coloured mayo called “Real Gaydo” for pride month was a satirical photoshop piece that was stolen from its original artist’s Instagram and shared around as a real product on Facebook and other sites.

School Library Journal - has a page of resources for teaching students and teachers how to spot misinformation and fake news and improve media literacy.

NAMLE.net - aka the National Association for Media Literacy Education, the leading nonprofit membership organization dedicated to advancing media literacy education in the United States.

Newslit.org - an educational nonprofit that provides programs and resources for learning media literacy. What’s cool about this site is they have an extensive number of quizzes designed to help you test your media literacy skills, which give you tips along with the question answers about how to spot and avoid misinformation and fake news. All of which you can try out for yourself here.

If anyone has more good online literacy resources like this, please feel free to add more!

#resources #fake news #news literacy #media literacy #online literacy #snopes #check your fact #school library journal #namle #newslit #fact checking #misinfo #misinformation

[z-h-i-e]

There’s a lot going on in the world right now (and even that phrase seems like an understatement). Just as I did my friendly neighborhood librarian PSA for Snopes when the pandemic began, once again, Snopes, my friends.

Before you got reblog on that news story you’re not sure of, Snopes. Before you make a passionate post about something you overheard, Snopes. Freaking out about a piece of news you saw written or flashed across your screen, Snopes.

As a librarian, I have many encounters with people asking for fact checking of a current event, and while no one is perfect, Snopes has been around for a while, does the digging for answers, and shares with honesty what they have gathered. They may not always be able to definitely label something as true or false, but you will usually get far more information from this source than many others, which is good to have before sharing something you’re not entirely sure of. And you can contact them to send them posts if you would like them to investigate (though they can’t get back personally to people, it does help them track down what’s out on the internet and research it.)

#Snopes #fact checking the world #current events #fact check before you post #fact check before you repost #use citations even if that citations is ‘my friend said this’ #mindful thoughtful social media skills

[markadoo]

Asking snopes whether that story about the guy who put lemon juice on his face and robbed a bank is true or not, only to see them cover conservative propaganda facebook post after conservative propaganda facebook post. Like a child whose parents spend all day at work and have no time to teach them how to open a carton of milk.

#posts #snopes

[madeupfromglue]

increasing density

#mlp #gore #rainbow dash #USA #us air force #new york times #gunnar optiks #bae systems #nature valley #snopes

[keanuquotes]

I had a grief moment today and just remembering that Keanu said this about grief gave me comfort.

#keanu reeves #keanu quotes #snopes #grief

[shotofchinaco]

#2024 election #snopes

[infinitemonkeytheory]

Macklemore concluded with, “I stand with all humans. I stand for peace. I stand for love. I stand for freedom. And because of that, I stand for a Free Palestine and an end to the looming genocide of its people.”

#snopes #macklemore #palestine #isreal #gaza

[thoughtportal]

#article #climate change #green house gases #global warming #climate crisis #history #science history #science news #science #climate science #20th century #19th century #snopes