Fake Hair or Fake News?

See what Snopes.com is debunking today. [Web Version]( 13 March 2019 Daily Debunker Fake Hair or Fake News? President Donald Trump’s sweeping, citrus-tinted [comb over]( has been the butt of jokes and speculation for years. Many people have wondered if the orange bouffant is even real. A new viral video purports to settle that question by capturing the president in the act of doffing his baseball cap during a public appearance, to reveal … a completely bald scalp! More than 100,000 “likes” later, social media users are still talking about the video, but as Snopes.com’s Dan Evon points out, seeing isn’t always be believing. [Read more]( Fact Checks 'Playboy' Controversy Was Brooke Shields photographed nude at 10 years old? Nude photographs of the American actress have been the source of controversy for decades. [True]( Border Voter Bill? Did U.S. House Democrats pass a bill to allow immigrants to vote? A major piece of legislation called H.R. 1 became the subject of confused, misleading scrutiny in March 2019. [False]( Life After Greenpeace Did Patrick Moore, a doubter of anthropogenic climate change, co-found Greenpeace? We definitely know that he was an early member of Greenpeace. [Mixture]( Waste of Money Was a lottery winner arrested for dumping $200,000 of manure on the lawn of his former boss? A man has not been arrested after he used lottery money to get revenge on his former boss. [False]( Support Snopes.com Dear Reader We couldn’t do what we do without the generous support of our readers. If you appreciate our efforts to separate truth from fiction in the public discourse, please consider making a donation to Snopes.com today. [Contribute Now]( In the News Police Often Use Broad Exemption to Keep Videos from Public Police videos are considered public records in nearly every state, but vague laws and exemptions often give police chiefs and prosecutors wide discretion to determine when to release them. [Read more]( UN: Environment is Deadly, Worsening Mess, But Not Hopeless The sixth Global Environment Outlook, released at a U.N. conference in Kenya, painted a dire picture of a planet where environmental problems interact with each other to make things even more dangerous for people. [Read more]( Feds Charge Dozens in Widespread US College Admissions Scam Some parents spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and some as much as $6.5 million to guarantee their children's admission, officials said. [Read more]( California Gov. Newsom Places Moratorium on Executions Since California's last execution, its death row population has grown to house one of every four condemned inmates in the United States. [Read more]( Trump Laments Complexity of Modern Airlines in Wake of Crash Trump tweeted that “airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly.” [Read more]( Staff Pick Meet the Bird with Donald Trump's Hair Western China's golden pheasant sports a sweeping, orange crest not unlike that of the U.S. president; they also reportedly share a fondness for tweeting. [Read more]( Snopes Media Group Inc. 864 Grand Ave #256 San Diego, CA 92109 © 1994-2019 by Snopes Media Group Inc. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes Media Group. [Manage Preferences]( [Unsubscribe](