Snopes Fact Checks – Page 26 – Conspiracy Resource

Was a Crashed Bus Carrying Non-Citizens to Texas to Vote for Biden?

A routine review of content labeled satire.

Did Corona Beer Sales Drop Sharply Due to Fear About the Coronavirus?

COVID-19

March 2, 2020 china

Did Corona Beer Sales Drop Sharply Due to Fear About the Coronavirus?

A trope that suggests people are so dumb they think the beer and virus are related played out in some news reports.

Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict the Coronavirus Outbreak?

Vaccines

February 3, 2020 covid19

Did ‘The Simpsons’ Predict the Coronavirus Outbreak?

Advertisment: Claim: “The Simpsons” TV show predicted the 2020 new coronavirus outbreak in a 1993 episode. In January 2020, a rumor started circulating on social media that the long-running sitcom “The Simpsons” had “predicted” the outbreak of the new coronavirus:

Are People Collapsing in the Street from Coronavirus?

COVID-19

January 30, 2020 china

Are People Collapsing in the Street from Coronavirus?

A spokesperson for the World Health Organization said that fainting in this manner from coronavirus would be “atypical.”

Conspiracy

September 26, 2019

Is Morgan Freeman Really Jimi Hendrix?

Advertisment: Claim: Musician Jimi Hendrix faked his death and is now living as actor Morgan Freeman. A bizarre conspiracy theory holding that U.S. musician Jimi Hendrix faked his death in 1970 and is now living as renowned actor Morgan Freeman

Was George Soros Arrested in Switzerland in February 2019?

Conspiracy

February 5, 2019 deep state, george soros

Was George Soros Arrested in Switzerland in February 2019?

Conspiracy theorists continued their obsession with the 88-year-old philanthropist, this time accusing him of Satanic child abuse and other “crimes.”

Did JFK Warn ‘There’s a Plot in This Country to Enslave Every Man, Woman, and Child’?

Conspiracy

December 10, 2018

Did JFK Warn ‘There’s a Plot in This Country to Enslave Every Man, Woman, and Child’?

Advertisment: Claim: President John F. Kennedy said: “There’s a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot.” “There’s a plot in this country

Does a Star of David on a Vehicle Traveling with the Migrant Caravan Prove Soros Is Behind It?

Conspiracy

November 1, 2018 alex jones, george soros

Does a Star of David on a Vehicle Traveling with the Migrant Caravan Prove Soros Is Behind It?

Junk sites pushed a white supremacist conspiracy theory in the days leading up to the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre.

Was Cesar Sayoc an Obama-Supporting Stripper Before Trump’s Rise?

Conspiracy

October 29, 2018 trump

Was Cesar Sayoc an Obama-Supporting Stripper Before Trump’s Rise?

Cesar Sayoc, Jr., the alleged anti-Democrat mail bomber, was a stripper at various points in his life, but there is no evidence that he ever held pro-Obama views.