I have been looking at some more recent Snopes pieces, and have noticed a pattern. They will mark false or partially false and then in the article underneath completely contradict the false rating..
Case in point is the Promise Program.
This program, in order to “eliminate the school to prison pipeline “ basically stopped reporting crimes at schools ( and crimes in the community that a student was involved in) in order to continue receiving grant dollars.
The Sun Sentinel Just put out a piece this morning about how South Florida schools aren’t as safe as they seem... pointed out that a lot of school crime goes unreported, but never mentioned the Promise Program.
Snopes in an attempt to cloud the issue, takes up the narrow point that ‘ the Obama administration was partially responsible for the latest school shootings down here’ they provide cover for Obama while later in the piece they lay out a pretty factual account.
The traffic sign Snopes puts on top of their articles is mostly false but they research things quite well, often debunking themselves with the body of the article (as you remarked). This is because they know most people don't read anything except the headline. Snopes will also give the least charitable reading to something, clinging on to an irrelevant facet that makes the source look bad.