‘Abe Lincoln Statue Vandalized with Poop, Paint; Arrested Suspect is a Black Lives Matter Leader’
Claims of vandalism in Boise, Idaho were unsurprisingly taken out of context by a right-wing news site.
Claims of vandalism in Boise, Idaho were unsurprisingly taken out of context by a right-wing news site.
Right-wing trolls and other disinformation purveyors quickly tried to paint a story out of Egypt as “cover” for something more sinister.
Discourse around a purported tweet from the right-wing activist about the song WAP and her “white American privilege” included later claims that screenshots of her statements were parodies.
Clumsily edited images were an initial clue that the Walmart giveaway posts were not the real thing.
A number of viral tweets claimed that Black Lives Matter protesters had “trapped” dozens of shoppers in a Rochester, New York grocery store.
A Twitter account claimed he found “shrimp tails” in a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal in an increasingly strange series of tweets.
A Facebook post and tweet by Sen. Bernie Sanders in March 2021 purportedly compared the costs of a “standard unit of insulin” both within and outside the United States.
The Meet The Press host was criticized for his coverage of the March 2021 mass shooting in Georgia.
Social media freebie rumors aren’t always properly represented, but Krispy Kreme confirmed vaccinated people can get free donuts in 2021.
A tweet shared to Imgur said, “Trump promised 20M vaccinations by Dec 31 [2020]” but “delivered 2.8M,” and that “Biden promised 100M vaccinations in 100 days.”