Snopes Debunker - Thanksgiving Legends To Share Over Zoom

​ WEDNESDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 25 November 2020 Our Thanksgiving Legends Collection ​ Holidays are days set aside to celebrate traditions and reconnect with family and friends. When people get together, it’s no surprise to find fascinating traditions and maybe a few old wives' tales or other claims of dubious origin, and Thanksgiving is no different. Check out our collection below to find some fun Thanksgiving legends to share with your loved ones this year! Read More FYI: No Saturday Debunker This Week!  The Snopes offices are closed Nov. 26 and 27. That means there won’t be a Saturday edition of the Snopes Debunker this week. We wish you a happy holiday and we’ll see you next week on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Fact Checks Did Ivanka Trump ‘Brag’ About Greenhouse Gases Dropping? An analysis about emission drop-offs cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the cause. ✅  Correct Attribution Was Parler Hacked? Rumors ran wild about the right-wing social media site Parler getting hacked, but so far, these claims are unsubstantiated. ❌ False Did Jeff Foxworthy Make a Joke About Democrat Governors and Trump? It was the latest in a long litany of quotations falsely attributed to the famous Georgia comedian. ❌  Misattributed The Impossible God of a Young Soldier Certainly the automotive industry would be interested in this occurrence, and not for religious reasons. ❌ False Did Trump Say the Stock Market Would ‘Crash’ If Biden Won Election? The stock market soared as the Biden administration's transition officially got underway. ✅  Correct Attribution View Latest Fact Checks We're Thankful for Our Supporters Fighting against misinformation is an unending challenge, and we at Team Snopes couldn’t do it without you. Whether support is through contributions or sharing our fact-checks, we appreciate all that you do! $5 $20 $50 $100 $200 $250 View more options News Wiping Down Groceries? Experts Say Keep Risk in Perspective Experts say the national fixation on scrubbing sparked by the pandemic can sometimes be overkill. Read More Argentine Soccer Great Diego Maradona Dies at 60 Famed for the “Hand of God” goal in which he punched the ball into England’s net during the 1986 World Cup quarterfinals, Maradona captivated fans over a two-decade career with a bewitching style of play that was all his own. Read More EU Says First Virus Vaccinations Possible by Christmas A top European Union official said Wednesday that the first citizens in the 27 nation bloc could be vaccinated against the coronavirus by Christmas. Read More Scotland to Make Period Products Freely Available to All Scottish lawmakers have unanimously passed legislation that will make period products freely available to anyone who needs them. Read More Duchess of Sussex Reveals She Had Miscarriage in the Summer The former Meghan Markle shared her story in an opinion piece in the New York Times to help break the silence around an all-too-common tragedy. Read More

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