‘You do NOT DIVIDE the deaths into the total population. EVER! NEVER!’
Despite what definitive-sounding social media posts might claim, calculating the COVID-19 death rate is not “simple.”
August 2020
Frida Kahlo ‘If I Have to Say It … I Do Not Want It Anymore’
Once again, a suspiciously sourceless, wounded lover quote attributed to Frida Kahlo is circulating on social media — with no evidence she ever wrote any such poem.
NBC News Article About Usain Bolt Testing Positive for Coronavirus Displays Photograph of Kevin Hart
An apparent screenshot appeared to show an NBC News article about Usain Bolt, but with a photograph of comedian Kevin Hart attached to it.
Is ‘Brisket’ Among HEB Hurricane Supplies?
Multiple screenshots of the grocery chain’s “hurricane supplies” showed “brisket” listed in its list of essential items.
Are 85 Percent of White People Killed by Other White People, Even Though We Never Hear About ‘White on White Crime’?
The majority of white homicide victims are killed by other white people.
‘A Pound of Flesh’: Facebook’s Provides Little Explanation for Anti-Fascist Takedown
The platform would not say why pages for “It’s Going Down” and other groups were removed.
Did Ben Shapiro Tweet That He and His Wife Know There Are More Important Things in Marriage Than ‘Sexual Satisfaction’?
After the pundit’s WAP critique went viral, he doubled down — but at least one of a few circulating tweets was fabricated.
Was There a Potential COVID-19 Outbreak at a Las Vegas Strip Club?
An entrepreneur’s tweet brought extra attention to a post from a blog that publishes nothing but satire.
Did Dems Strike ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2020 DNC?
Screenshots of Laura Ingraham’s August 19 2020 Fox News segment featured a chyron reading “Dems strike ‘under God’ from pledge while pushing Biden as a faith candidate.”
‘Snow, Rain, Heat, Night, Fascism … Absolutely Baller Content from the American Postal Workers Union’
A viral tweet included a “snow, rain, heat, night, fascism” graphic, attributed to the APWU and described as “absolutely baller content.”