Speak like an insider! Welcome to Snopes-tionary, where we'll define a term or piece of fact-checking lingo that we use on the Snopes team. Have a term you want us to explain? Let us know. Also known ...

As a marketer, I can tell you that logical fallacies are used in advertising all the time. You find them in a variety of messages that bombard you daily. As a matter of fact, you’re probably so used ...

Quick quiz: Who said, “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem”? That’s an easy one—President Ronald Reagan, in his first inaugural address in 1981. But who said, “The ...

“Maybe they’re just ignorant?” I’ve lost count of how many times I have heard this hopeful suggestion from students and colleagues trying to navigate ideological divides. It’s usually offered as a ...