Did NASCAR Reply to Ray Ciccarelli on Twitter About Their Confederate Flag Policy?
A viral purported @NASCAR response to Ray Ciccarelli’s decision to quit may have been funny, but it wasn’t real.
2020
Dave Chappelle Releases ‘8:46’ via YouTube, Netflix, Discusses Death of George Floyd and Protests
“This is the streets talking for themselves, they don’t need me right now,” Chappelle said.
Was a Military Memorial in Pensacola Destroyed in George Floyd Protests?
An inaccurate and misleading (but viral) post about a shattered military bench in Florida falsely linked the broken monument to June 2020 protests over the death of George Floyd.
The Wilmington Massacre
A tweet shared to Facebook drove interest in the “Wilmington Massacre,” during which black journalists were murdered in North Carolina.
‘If You See the Baby You Are Part of a Minority Who Can See Paranormal Things’
Of course there’s no baby in that window. (We kid, we kid.)
Is There an ‘Antifa Debit Card’?
An allegedly “targeted individual” used a satirical group’s joke to regurgitate a right-wing boogeyman.
The ‘Asymptomatic Carriers’ of COVID-19 Controversy, Explained
When it seemed that the World Health Organization had declared that asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 was a “rare” issue, the claim predictably spread like wildfire — but, as usual, the clarification didn’t.
Is It Illegal to Film Police in Tucson, Arizona?
The ACLU says that local officials provided them with misleading information about Ordinance 11746.
BabyNames.com Intermittently Crashes After Paying Tribute to Victims of Police Violence
BabyNames.com published a moving message in support of Black Lives Matter, which quickly went viral and caused server issues.
Tucker Carlson’s ‘What Does Racism Look Like?’ Chyron
A purported chyron beneath the Fox News pundit’s face when he asks what racism looks like is now a meme.