Explainers · Updated 2026-10-26
Explainers
This is a stub. Each item below is a planned short explainer. Notes under each are what we have verified so far.
How image edits are made and spotted
Planned. Example to use: the 2019 photo and its edit.
How clips get cut out of context
Planned. Examples: the 2011 ceremony clip and the 2025 podcast clip.
Why satire sites get mistaken for news
Planned. Example: the ObamaWatcher article of 2019-10-22 about her mother's "will." Snopes labels it satire. See the flagship page.
How fake documents circulate
Planned. Example: the voter card, published on 2022-07-22 and disowned by the Illinois State Board of Elections (as reported by Lead Stories and AFP).
Where the "Big Mike" nickname came from, and why we do not treat it as evidence
- Know Your Meme says the origin is unclear and that the earliest known meme use it found was 2020-10-12, on Imgflip. Know Your Meme (secondary)
- Snopes reports that Alex Jones used the nickname repeatedly in a September 2023 segment, and that posts used it after her August 2024 convention speech. Snopes, 2024-08-22 (secondary)
- A nickname is not a record or a recording. We have not found an original source for it.
- We have not found a primary source for the first use.
Change log
| Date | Change |
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| 2026-10-26 | Hub stub created. |
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