​ THURSDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 31 December 2020 2020 in Fact Checks: The Snopes Year in Review ​ From COVID-19 rumors to protest hoaxes, from election disinformation to the truly bizarre, it's been quite a year for fact checkers. Read More Fact Checks Does ‘Simple Math’ Show Biden Received More Votes Than Eligible Voters? With basic arithmetic, viral posts attempted to expose discrepancies in Biden's presidential win. ❌  False Did It Snow in Los Angeles in December 2020? A powerful winter storm raised questions about Southern California weather patterns. ✅  Mostly True No, Biden Transition Team Wasn’t ‘Removed’ from Pentagon for Leaking Intel to China A meme circulating on social media offered no evidence to support its extraordinary claims. ❌​  False Is Florida Giving COVID-19 Vaccines to Canadians to Increase Tourism? Canadian visitors who are not seniors will have to wait like everyone else. ✅❌​  Mixture Does Amazon Spray Boxes With Chemicals Dangerous to Pets? The multinational online shopping platform upped its shipping fleet during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. ❌​  False View Latest Fact Checks Help Snopes Finish Out 2020 Strong Fighting against misinformation is an unending challenge, and we at Team Snopes couldn’t do it without you. Help us finish out 2020 strong by making a contribution today. $5 $20 $50 $100 $200 $250 View more options News

SPORTMiX Pet Foods Recalled Over Possible Link to Dog Deaths Several products from SPORTMiX pet foods were found by the FDA to have high levels of aflatoxin, which can be fatal to dogs. Read More About That Khalilah Mitchell COVID-19 Vaccine Video Several Tennessee health care workers shared positive testimonials about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, but one unverified, fear-stoking video went viral. Read More Nashville Bombing Spotlights Vulnerable Voice, Data Networks The Christmas Day bombing raised new concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. communications. Read More Race to Vaccinate Millions in US off to Slow, Messy Start Overworked, underfunded state public health departments are scrambling to patch together plans for administering vaccines. Read More New Year’s Revelries Muted by Virus As Curtain Draws on 2020 This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world. Read More View Latest News Staff Pick ​ Did a TikToker Find Spider-Man in Japan? A Spider-Man sighting was welcome news in a year as tumultuous as 2020, even if that sighting happened to be in Japan. Read More