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Wisconsin
1 review
13 helpful votes
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You could basically just believe the opposite of everything they say, and you'd be better off. They often respond to new inquiries so quickly that there is no way they actually did any research. Snopes is just a completely biased propaganda parrot.

Date of experience: July 16, 2020
Georgia
2 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Snopes has clearly gone from a trustworthy source to an indoctrination source. It's very clear, unfortunately, that their analysis is completely biased towards a specific agenda and things that are 100% true are now stated as false by both Snopes and Fact Check. It's sad to see that as soon as money comes into the picture, publications sell out.

Date of experience: October 7, 2020
New Zealand
13 reviews
32 helpful votes
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Lost All Credibility
February 4, 2022

Snopes may once have been considered a somewhat reliable 'fact checking' site for those interested in learning the truth in a sea of media bias, however by 2022 has become nothing more than any other mainstream media site pumping out the mainstream approved narratives and vehemently condemning any one who wishes to have an open discussion on current and past political, social, social and historical items as an 'evil conspiracy theorist spreading disinformation.' Time and time again it ignores clear inconsistency's and facts in favor of gatekeeping mainstream 'truth' even as the truth changes to accommodate the new narratives.

Date of experience: February 4, 2022
Colorado
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Snopes is fake
February 8, 2020

Snopes claims to be a fact checking site. This is false.
I would trust Snopes to confirm or deny an urban legend. Beyond that, they are wroght with opinions and outright lies. All in all, a terrible fact checking site.
Something that would give them a smidgen of credibility is if people were able to comment on and rate their 'fact-checking,' but unfortunately they don't allow any outside input. It's either their opinion or nothing.

Date of experience: February 8, 2020
Texas
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Headline says it all. The "owner" left his wife for his side piece; now they're all fighting for control of the service. How does a two person team have time to effectively do this MUCH research and this quickly? THEY DON'T. It's clearly deep state (CIA) owned & operated.

Date of experience: November 8, 2020
Florida
1 review
11 helpful votes
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I used to fact check with this biased tool until I found out they were hiding or twisting facts that I knew were true. Shame on them for misguiding the public and causing so much damage to free speech. I hope someone bigger could stop them from censoring different opinions. They are fake. They lie and twist the truth. They censor others opinions.

Date of experience: May 2, 2020
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I read a snopes review from a court case where a whistle blower states that the deaths from the Covid Vaccine was incorrect. She filed a statement under penalty of perjury. Snopes said they reviewed the lawyer and the woman and dont believe its legit. The hilarious thing is that the court case has not begun. They have Nothing to go by. However instead of being honest and saying the "verdict" is out still and we dont know, they said it was a false claim.
Its 100% not reliable.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/*******-people-die-covid-19-vaccine/

Date of experience: July 28, 2021
Poland
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Wilfully Ignorant
August 19, 2019

The workers at Snopes seem to be lacking the mental capacity to understand satire and the place of satire in our time. Using their position to bully people they disagree with, Snopes continues to show they are not reliable-and haven't been for some time.

Date of experience: August 19, 2019
Florida
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Snopes is a leftist propaganda tool. Do not use, ever. Most recent example is the attack by Antifa thugs on Rep. Mace's home. Snopes stated it was a rumor however there's an active investigation for that attack and other similar in her neighborhood. Do not use Snopes as they lie, and skew the facts to fit their political ideology. In other words, they are FAKE.

Date of experience: June 4, 2021
Florida
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Lame Stream Media
September 6, 2019

Lame Stream Media controlled! Try and find the real "truth". You are hurting this country by only reporting what your investors are wanting censored. Anybody ever wonder why the "Home Alone" kid went completely off the rails for a number of years? Anybody ever wonder why Hollywood and the Global elite are so hell bent on getting rid of Trump? Anybody ever wonder why Epstein was allowed to own an Island that was dedicated to the apetite of this global satanic network of pedophiles?

Date of experience: September 6, 2019
Maryland
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Thought this site might be informative, but they just don't fact check anything of importance. Usually just social media BS and tin hat stuff. Not for the serious reader.

Date of experience: February 24, 2021
Wyoming
4 reviews
9 helpful votes
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Not only has snopes.com proved to be accurate time and again re: email hoaxes, I have recently discovered it holds true for text msg hoaxes as well. While no site is perfect, this is a great starting point for researching these "warnings" before you pass them on...

Date of experience: July 13, 2010
Oklahoma
1 review
19 helpful votes
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Snopes will tie themselves in knots to support or defend Democratic talking points. Before sighting Snopes, be careful to read their entire entry to be sure you will not be embarrassed by their logic. The site still does ok for non-political "Urban Legend" type topics, but if politics is involved, use with extreme caution.

Date of experience: November 29, 2017
Michigan
10 reviews
28 helpful votes
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This has got to be the number one best pass time site, ever! I love reading the daily odd news and just picking a category each day to rummage through. I think I learned more from snopes than from 4 years of high school, lol.

Date of experience: March 15, 2011
New Jersey
15 reviews
45 helpful votes
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If you are on Facebook, this site is indispensable. I've lost count of the number of times that I've been able to go to this site to quickly debunk some nonsense being spread around by gullible friends, with just a few clicks and a copy/paste. It's amazing what people will believe, even some folks that I thought were pretty savvy.

Date of experience: November 29, 2013
California
6 reviews
77 helpful votes
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Unbelievable
July 2, 2019

That's what Snopes "fact checks" are. They have a hidden agenda that isn't so hidden when you start checking the 'fact checker'. I believe when they first started, they were actually unbiased. But times have changed. They were likely seduced by big money from somewhere.
All I can say is, "If you believe anything Snopes offers up as 'fact', then I have this great bridge I'd like to sell you... CHEAP! On sale now. Gorgeous orange. Call now, such a deal!
Snopes. Pathetic site.

Date of experience: July 2, 2019
Washington
1 review
14 helpful votes
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I recently checked some things on Snopes just to see if they were biased and I was amazed. I had heard that they were/or became so. Maybe they dont mean to but what they should do is present facts only and they instead impart opinion leaving out facts.
Example -- re the recent "ransom" matter with Iran -- they put that it was "false" that they paid ransom noting what Obama admin was saying. I think a lot of people would disagree this conclusion. They should simply put the facts (including new data from released hostage) and let people decide themselves --- not what a site like this should be doing! If you simply want someone to side with you on the democratic/liberal side then this is a site for you!

Date of experience: August 6, 2016
Colorado
5 reviews
9 helpful votes
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I made everyone in my family bookmark this site before contacting me about anything they saw in an email or heard on facebook... I don't try and tell them not to believe everything they hear... I now just send them a snopes link.

Date of experience: October 3, 2012
California
1 review
20 helpful votes
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Snopes used to be the go-to website to debunk the various urban legends that run around the internet like mosquitoes in August. It is still somewhat passable for non-political myths. When it comes to politics, it's biased - it ignores many true conservative "myths", ostensibly to avoid having to declare them true. It rates as false many inconclusive issues. It's actually very sad.

Date of experience: August 24, 2016
Pennsylvania
3 reviews
32 helpful votes
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Done
August 14, 2017

I used to be able to use Snopes as a cross-reference when checking facts. However I have noticed that some of the "facts' that snopes has presented are absolutely inaccurate. What gives? After reviewing several comments posted by Snopes I agree that their opinions or facts are very biased! The rating of one is for spelling words correctly.

Date of experience: August 14, 2017

Overview

snopes.com has a rating of 2.3 stars from 74 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with snopes.com most frequently mention fact check and mainstream media. snopes.com ranks 111th among Reference sites.

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