Texas Republican Tweets, Deletes Fake News Headline
Sen. Ted Cruz captioned the phony screenshot with “The left is beyond parody.”
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Fake AOC ‘Electric Cars’ Tweet Resurfaced in Hurricane Ian Discourse
A long-debunked “tweet” attributed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) about electric cars and storms is resurrected ahead of just about every hurricane.
Trump Tweets About ‘Fake Water Main Break’ on Election Night in Georgia
As the Electoral College prepared to cast their votes on December 14 2020, Donald Trump claimed that a “water main break” was staged to somehow rig the election against him.
More Fake Newspapers Distributed Ahead of 2022 Midterms
A November 2022 Imgur post depicted political advertising disguised as a regional fake newspaper.
‘Kanye West Banned from Yu-Gi-Oh’ Tweet
In late October 2022, news about Kanye West’s series of business breakups included a Twitter claim that he had been banned from playing the popular trading card game.
Georgia ‘Fake Elector’ Had More Access to Voting Equipment Than Previously Reported
Details about slates of “fake electors,” one of several ploys to disrupt the 2020 election, continued to emerge in September 2022.
‘Shameful and Inhuman’: Federal Agents Accused of Planting Fake Addresses on Immigrants
The coerced flights were compared to the “Reverse Freedom Rides” against Black Americans in the 1960s.
‘Doug Mastriano, Jenna Ellis, and Breitbart Touted a Fake Polling Firm Created by a High School Student’
As midterms loomed in August 2022, politicians and pundits sought favorable polls to share on social media.
Benny Johnson’s ‘Trump’s Enthusiasm is Bigger Than in 2016’ Deleted Tweet
A right-wing blogger tweeted, and then quietly deleted, a claim that a 2020 photograph was taken on August 5 2022 in Wisconsin.
Candace Owens’ Ivermectin Fox News Tweet
A screenshot spread of a purported tweet from the right-wing pundit featuring a Fox News article about ivermectin and incontinence.
