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All your questions about Snopes, answered.

Who works at Snopes?

Snopes has been investigating folklore, urban legends, hoaxes, memes, and rumors on the internet for more than 25 years. It began as something of a hobby and has grown considerably since. Now our team of researchers, writers, developers, and support staff is probably greater than you can fit in a large passenger van, although we haven’t scientifically tested that yet.

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Is Snopes partisan?

Are we Republicans or Democrats? Conservatives or liberals? Administration supporters or a secretly-funded tool of the opposition? According to our readers .. https://www.snopes.com/eye-of-the-beholder/ , we’re all those things. Somehow we’ve performed the remarkable feat of being decidedly biased in every possible direction.

What makes Snopes a reliable resource?

Snopes has been independently verified by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), which lists its core principles as: “non-partisanship and fairness, transparency of sources, transparency of funding and organization, transparency of methodology, and open and honest corrections policy.”

Of course, we don’t expect anyone to accept us as the ultimate authority on any topic. No single source, no matter how reliable, is infallible. Anyone can make mistakes. Or get duped. Or have a bad day at the fact-checking bureau.

However, unlike so many anonymous individuals who create and spread unsigned, unsourced messages across the internet, we show our work on Snopes.com. Research materials used in the preparation of any particular page are listed so that readers who wish to verify the validity of our information may check those sources for themselves. Just click the “Sources” button at the bottom of an article.

Feeling skeptical? That’s probably a good sign. Keep looking for more information. We will, too.

See something we missed? Contact us .. https://www.snopes.com/contact/ .

Is Snopes hiring?

Thank you for your interest. f we are recruiting for any positions, we will make the information available on our website.

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May I submit questions or images to be fact-checked?

Yes!

https://www.snopes.com/frequently-asked-questions/