Snopes.com - Kayleigh McEnany's graph gaffe, trillionaires, very (very) white paint, and the Bronx Zoo's NSFW gorillas

​ SATURDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 25 September 2021 Tonight: Kayleigh McEnany's graph gaffe, trillionaires, very (very) white paint, and the Bronx Zoo's NSFW gorillas ​ Did Kayleigh McEnany Inadvertently Highlight Murder Rate Rise in Trump’s Final Year? In September 2021, left-leaning websites and social media users shared what appeared to be screenshots of a tweet posted by former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. In it, she inadvertently highlighted a significant one-year rise in the U.S. murder rate during her ex-boss’ final year in office, President Donald Trump. Dan MacGuill reports. Read More URGENT: Save Our Snopes Dear Debunker readers, Four years ago, we launched a GoFundMe campaign to fight off legal threats, SLAPP lawsuits, and a takeover attempt by hostile shareholders. Many of you stood up and helped, and we cannot tell you how much we appreciate it. We thought we’d have good news to share with you by now, but that is unfortunately not the case. Although every major court ruling has been in our favor so far, the point of these lawsuits has been — always — to bleed Snopes dry. Now, on the verge of trial, the years of constant legal battles have your favorite fact-checkers in need of rescue. That’s why we’re launching one more campaign to Save Our Snopes. Will you help us? Contribute Fact Checks and Original Reporting Do Trillionaires Exist? While a number of companies are valued at over a trillion dollars, no individual person's wealth has exceeded $1,000,000,000,000. Yet. Read Story. Did Purdue Researchers Invent the Whitest Shade of White Paint? And it has an ecological purpose that could fight global warming. Read Story. Were Gorillas at Bronx Zoo Filmed Engaging in a Sex Act? A NSFW video appeared to show two gorillas “going down” on each other. Read Story. View Latest Fact Checks Entertainment Rumors, legends, and lore about Hollywood, the entertainment industry, and its many stars. Read More News Official Says Only 225 Migrants Remain in Texas Border Town Migrants driven by confusion over the Biden administration’s policies and misinformation on social media converged at the border crossing between Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. Read More PG&E Charged in California Wildfire Last Year That Killed 4 Pacific Gas and Electric was charged with manslaughter and other crimes after its equipment sparked a Northern California wildfire last year that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes. Read More Draft of Arizona GOP’s Vote Review Finds Wider Biden Win The tally in the draft document showed a net gain of 360 votes for Biden over the official results. Read More

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