The Disinformation Around the 2015 Disneyland Measles Outbreak
Measles vaccines are less effective than previously believed and the patient zero measles carrier in the Disneyland measles outbreak may have been immunized against measles.
2015
Claims about ‘Dhimmitude’ in the Affordable Care Act and Muslim Exemptions
According to baseless rumors, the word “dhimmitude” is included in the ACA and refers to a Muslim system of controlling non-Muslim populations.
Claims about Michael Brown’s Family – Truth! & Fiction!
Claims about Michael Brown Jr.’s family circulated the web following a grand jury’s decision not to indict former officer Darren Wilson in the teenager’s fatal shooting.
Claims about New York Mayor Bill de Blasio – Mostly True!
A viral email claims that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio helped Marxist soldiers in Central America in the 1980s and returned to America with radical leftist ideals.
Claims about Paul Ryan’s Budget Cuts – Fiction!
Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan would slash federal spending by $2.5 trillion over 10 years.
Claims about Target Sale Prices, Markdown Schedule – Fiction!
Sale stickers at Target can be used to determine whether an sale price will be lowered more in the future, and Target uses a regular weekly schedule to mark down prices in different departments.
Clint Eastwood Once Threatened to Kill Michael Moore – Truth!
Clint Eastwood, director of the “American Sniper” biopic on the life of Chris Kyle, threatened to kill fellow director Michael Moore at an awards dinner held in 2005.
Colored Squares on Toothpaste Show What's Inside – Fiction!
Colored squares found at the bottom of toothpaste tubes can be used to determine if a product is all natural, purely chemical, or a combination of both.
Crocodile Bile Tainted Beer Kills Dozens in African – Investigation Pending!
Scores of mourners at a funeral in Mozambique, Africa, died after they drank a traditional homebrewed beer that was poisoned with crocodile bile.
Customers Find Black Mold Inside Eos Lip Balm-Truth!
Black mold has been found inside eos lip balm containers.