‘10,874 People Killed by Drunk Drivers in 2017, 403 by Rifles but Walmart Stops Selling Rifles’ Meme
The numbers in a meme contrasting deaths by drunk driving with death by rifles in 2017 is mathematically accurate — but it’s also whataboutism.
The numbers in a meme contrasting deaths by drunk driving with death by rifles in 2017 is mathematically accurate — but it’s also whataboutism.
Historical memes making their way around social media about a relationship between two World War II soldiers are based on actual events.
The Canadian government refuted a story that originated with a one-source report out of Lebanon.
An authoritatively worded social media post about guns is a long-circulating mixture of decontextualized statistics and opinion.
In September 2019, a number of Facebook posts attributed a pro-Trump missive shared on the social network to actor Tim Allen — which happens to be a common name.
Deportations involving immigrants from Ireland have increased during the Trump administration.
Nearly half a million Facebook users shared a post in which the parent of a hospitalized teenager laid the blame squarely on vaping.
Is a viral image of a rainbow hurricane eye authentic and unaltered?
A dubious ‘entertainment’ site attempted to mine the comedian’s real-life accident for readership.