2022

Third January 6 Hearings Looks at Pressure, Disinformation Campaigns to Overturn Election

Analysis, Disinformation, News Media, Reporting, Russia, Social Media, Terrorism, Trump, Trump, War / By Brooke Binkowski / June 16, 2022

The June 16 2022 hearing covered Donald Trump’s attempts to strongarm former vice president Mike Pence to call the election in his favor.

Doctor Pushing COVID Disinformation Sentenced to Prison for Capitol Riot

Disinformation, Reporting / By Arturo Garcia / June 16, 2022

Despite promoting hydroxychloroquine, Dr. Simone Gold remains licensed in California.

Pete Sessions’ Deleted Tweet

Fact Checks, Politics / By Kim LaCapria / June 16, 2022

As June 2022 hearings regarding the January 6 2021 insurrection continued, purported screenshots of a deleted tweet from a Texas Republican circulated on social media.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘Tampon Shortage’ Remarks

Fact Checks, Viral Content / By Kim LaCapria / June 15, 2022

The Georgia Republican suggested that transgender people were to blame for a tampon shortage.

‘BTW, Gas Was $1.87 on Memorial Day in 2020 When the Mean Tweeter Was in Office’

Disinformation, Fact Checks / By Kim LaCapria / June 15, 2022

A Facebook post claiming gas prices were $1.87 “on Memorial Day in 2020” spread virally — but it was not so much lacking context as willfully ignoring it.

‘Should the Department of Justice Bring Legal Action Against Elected Officials Who Have Attempted to Overturn the Results of an American Election’ Poll

Fact Checks, Politics / By Kim LaCapria / June 15, 2022

A popular tweet from former Labor Secretary Robert Reich held that a majority of Americans polled in June 2022 supported legal action against elected officials who worked to overturn an American election.