Fact-checking organization Snopes issued an inaccurate fact-check that asserted that the missing OceanGate Titanic exploration submersible was using Elon Musk’s StarLink satellite internet service. On Tuesday, Snopes published an article titled “Was the Missing Titanic Submersible Using Satellites from Elon Musk’s Company?” The claim the Snopes article originally addressed somewhat differs from the article’s headline. While…
Snopes Fact-Checker Jumbles Claim Missing Titanic Submersible Was Using Elon Musk’s StarLink Service
Snopes Retracts Dozens of Articles After Review Finds Co-founder Plagiarized
Snopes, a fact-checking website, has retracted at least 54 articles after finding its co-founder and CEO repeatedly plagiarized content from other websites. David Mikkelson, the Snopes co-founder, has been suspended as the website completes an internal review of the issue. The review so far has uncovered 54 stories that Mikkelson wrote using the pseudonym “Jeff Zarronandia”…
Snopes and the Fact-Checked Claims That Weren’t Really Made
A fact-checker’s role is to help readers distinguish fact from fiction by analyzing and rating claims. Sometimes, however, fact-checkers seem to create and check claims that no one is making, or, perhaps inadvertently, blame outlets or individuals for false claims that they didn’t make. In a fact-check published Jan. 5, Snopes contributor Madison Dapcevich analyzed…
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