Plus: Snopes' favorite claims we unpacked in 2025
TUESDAY EDITION | Snopes Debunker | | Our 10 most popular news stories of 2025 | This year, Snopes encountered many claims that our team couldn't rate with certainty. But we didn't leave you guessing. Our reporters published original news stories explaining what we did — and didn't — know. | Many of the stories that resonated with our readers focused on politics, including those examining rumors about President Trump and his administration. | Here are our 10 most popular news stories of 2025, ranked by page views. | | | | Auditing claim Mike Johnson donates his salary to charity | Johnson has described himself as "a man of modest means." | | | | Support Snopes With Our Monthly Membership | If you value our work, consider becoming a Snopes member and help us continue cutting straight to the facts on the topics that matter most to you. Members like you make independent fact-checking possible. We greatly appreciate any support you can give. | | | | Posts claim Eric Clapton called Trump 'disgrace to America' and 'cancer on society.' Here's the truth | A meme featuring the musician's alleged comments made the rounds online, but there was no indication he actually produced the quote. | | | | Does Walmart track customers even when they pay in cash? What we know | Walmart gave Snopes a possible explanation for a customer being sent an email about a product he purchased with cash. | | | | Did Fox News' Jesse Watters say, 'If Trump had been president during the Civil War, we would've won it'? | Users questioned what Watters meant by "we," but the claim was intended comedically. | | | Staff pick | | Snopes' favorite claims we unpacked in 2025 | To celebrate the end of 2025, we asked our reporters to pick their favorite story from the year and explain why it stood out to them. | Their responses ranged from an investigation into whether Russia created an online "marketplace" for kidnapped Ukrainian children to a fact check of a video claiming rapper Tupac Shakur appeared on an unaired episode of educational children's television show "Sesame Street." | Here are eight of our team members' favorite stories from this year. | |
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