Snopes is the world-famous site known for its debunking of internet rumors.
It is also horrendously biased, has been plagued by scandal, and plays fast and loose with the truth when it serves its purposes.
On Tuesday, I wrote about the VA banning Eisenstaedt’s iconic photo “The Kiss,” which depicted a sailor planting a kiss on a woman in Times Square while celebrating V-J Day (Victory over Japan).
It is one of the most famous photographs in the world, and has been memorialized around the world in statues and monuments.
The outcry was so quick and so complete that the VA reversed course almost immediately.
Now Snopes is trying to memory-hole the affair.
Incredible.
Snopes rates it false but then admits that it was actually a real memo rescinded by the Biden VA after public outcry. pic.twitter.com/5bneAfT0MU
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 6, 2024
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