Snopes media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Snopes one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 41 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Snopes biased?
The rating organisations do not give Snopes one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Snopes left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Snopes one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans left; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Snopes reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Snopes are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Snopes has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Snopes’s own report linked underneath.
Several countries are encouraging households to build emergency stockpiles of food, water, and other essentials. Recommendations for duration vary, with essential supplies including water, canned foods, medications, and hygiene items.
Snopes reported it asWhy you shouldn't panic about governments urging citizens to maintain emergency preparedness kits (opens Snopes in a new tab)
The US Army conducted a large-scale exercise at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to practice mass burial procedures for the first time in decades. The training simulated burying up to 2,400 bodies per day in preparation for high-intensity conflicts with mass casualties.
Snopes reported it asDo photos show US Army practicing digging mass graves? (opens Snopes in a new tab)
The Trump administration's online accounts shared images of a pumpkin carved with a sombrero design and a fake Halloween background around a Black man accused of food assistance fraud. The posts have drawn criticism for being inflammatory, coinciding with a government campaign on immigration enforcement.
Snopes reported it asDid White House Halloween post include image of sombrero carved into pumpkin? (opens Snopes in a new tab)
Brooke Rollins posted a Halloween‑themed image on X depicting a Black man as a “SNAP Fraudster” shortly before the 2026 midterm elections. Critics called the post racist, while federal prosecutors charged Mercedes Reshard New, known as “Shawty Dred,” with fraud totalling more than $4 million.
Snopes reported it asDid White House Halloween post include image of sombrero carved into pumpkin? (opens Snopes in a new tab)
Rapper Nicki Minaj announced her continued support for Donald Trump at a Republican rally in Michigan. She stated she would back him if he runs for president again, appearing alongside him at the event.
Snopes reported it asDid Trump say Nicki Minaj has 'beautiful' butt during campaign rally? (opens Snopes in a new tab)
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against conservative commentator Scott Jennings, seeking $72.5 million. Piker alleges Jennings used an edited video to falsely portray him as advocating for the lynching of Black Americans.
Snopes reported it asUnpacking edited video behind Hasan Piker's $72.5M defamation lawsuit against Scott Jennings (opens Snopes in a new tab)
The Pentagon is initiating a plan called FORTRESS to ensure major US military bases can operate independently for at least 90 days. This initiative aims to counter risks posed by potential disruptions to civilian power grids and supply chains during a major conflict.
Snopes reported it asWhat we know about Pentagon's FORTRESS initiative to keep military bases running off-grid (opens Snopes in a new tab)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's staff damaged a World War II-era globe associated with Dwight D. Eisenhower while moving it to his Pentagon office. The artifact suffered a gash and its spherical portion detached from its mounting.
Snopes reported it asDid Hegseth's team break one of Eisenhower's historic globes? (opens Snopes in a new tab)
Donald Trump told supporters he proposed to Google that the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean be renamed 'Trump Ocean'. He said the company refused, stating oceans span many countries. Trump previously had Lake Ontario renamed 'American Lake' and the Gulf of Mexico 'American Gulf', which Google Maps incorporated for US users.
Snopes reported it asTrump can rename an ocean. But can he force people to use the new name? (opens Snopes in a new tab)
Emails reviewed by the New York Post indicate that Rep. Ilhan Omar's congressional staff requested her birth year be changed from 1981 to 1982. This adjustment has raised questions regarding her eligibility for derivative citizenship.
Snopes reported it asDid Ilhan Omar change her birth year in official records? (opens Snopes in a new tab)
Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video of himself wrestling a tiger on his Truth Social account. This followed the death of William Chapman, who entered a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. The family of Mr Chapman has asked that images of the incident not be distributed.
Snopes reported it asDid Trump post AI video of himself playing with tiger after deadly UK attack? (opens Snopes in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, President Trump's new press secretary, has stated she is a lawyer. An investigation found no record of her being licensed to practice law in any US state or Washington D.C. She told reporters she passed the bar exam when she moved to China.
Snopes reported it asDid Katie Zacharia pass the bar exam? What we know about her legal credentials (opens Snopes in a new tab)
A protester at a Donald Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio, was punched by a supporter and subsequently mocked by the president for their weight. The incident occurred as federal officers executed a search warrant at the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Snopes reported it asTrump's quote about being 'last Republican president' is real, but missing context (opens Snopes in a new tab)
During a Donald Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio, attendees attacked a protester. Video captured supporters pulling at her clothing, shoving her, and striking her. Donald Trump referred to the protester as 'paid' and 'scum,' and mocked her weight. No arrests were made.
Snopes reported it asTrump's quote about being 'last Republican president' is real, but missing context (opens Snopes in a new tab)
A Republican super PAC, Defending Main Street, spent between $20,000 and $25,000 on ads intended for Maine. The ads were mistakenly aired in Portland, Oregon, and the ad buyer has admitted the error and is issuing a full refund.
Snopes reported it asAd targeting Maine Sen. Susan Collins' opponent Troy Jackson ran in wrong state. Who paid? (opens Snopes in a new tab)
A conspiracy theory alleging Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was treated for a mental breakdown at a facility in Ohio has been debunked. Talarico stated he had the flu, and the facility confirmed he was never a patient.
Snopes reported it asRumor falsely claims James Talarico was treated at Ohio mental health facility. Here are the facts (opens Snopes in a new tab)
Three National Guard members were photographed near a ballot drop box in Washington, D.C. The D.C. Board of Elections has asked the National Guard to keep troops away from these locations following public complaints.
Snopes reported it asDo images show National Guard illegally guarding DC ballot drop box? What posts get right, wrong (opens Snopes in a new tab)
A naked, gold-plated statue of Donald Trump, titled 'Orange Plague' or 'King of Injustice', is on display in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt, the sculpture depicts Trump on the shoulders of a man, holding a golf club. The exhibition was organised by Danish Left MEP Per Clausen and will remain until Thursday.
Snopes reported it asDo photos show gold statue of naked Trump at European Parliament? (opens Snopes in a new tab)
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the execution of Christa Gail Pike to proceed in Tennessee, reversing a stay granted by an appeals court. Pike, 50, was scheduled for lethal injection for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer.
Snopes reported it as17 claims involving the death penalty we've investigated (opens Snopes in a new tab)
Flydubai has suspended all flights to and from Israel for six days following an incident aboard flight FZ1073. An Omani co-pilot is suspected of attempting a terror attack, prompting emergency consultations among Israeli leadership. The airline is cooperating with authorities during the investigation.
Snopes reported it asWere Flydubai pilots who caused emergency landing Russian, Ukrainian? We investigated (opens Snopes in a new tab)
Who says so
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How reliably it reports fact
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Very high factuality
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Snopes.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States
- Official site
- snopes.com
- Seen publishing on
- snopes.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 41
- Reports listed
- 41
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
41 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 11 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Snopes ran the story anyway.
Across the 41 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Snopes: its report arrived a median of 35 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
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