Houston Police Attempt to Link ‘Drug Spiking’ to Fatal Astroworld Concert Networks uncritically took the local police chief's claim as "confirmation."
Lincoln Project Reveals It Staged Tiki Torch Stunt at Right-Wing Republican Rally The incident directly referenced the white nationalist gathering in Virginia in 2017 that culminated in Heather Heyer's death.
Was William Shatner the First ‘Star Trek’ Actor to Reach Outer Space? Fans of Dr. Mae Jemison quickly noted that she went to "the final frontier" in 1993.
Did DC Comics ‘Make Superman Gay’? In criticizing an announcement about the new Man of Steel, right-wing outlets tried to erase his identity.
DHS Report Confirms Border Officials’ Surveillance Against Journalists and Activists Federal officials say border authorities wrongfully conducted surveillance against journalists and activists crossing between the United States and Mexico — but the United States stopped short of commenting on whether they broke the law in doing so. The Department of Homeland Security’s report addressed a practice first brought to light in a in a March […]
New Book Claims Zuckerberg Let Trump Lie to Avoid Federal Oversight A new biography of right-wing tech mogul Peter Thiel claims that, according to him, Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg struck a deal allowing Donald Trump and his allies to spread disinformation in exchange for a lack of federal oversight. The claim was first published in Chafin’s book The Contrarian, excerpts of which were adapted into an […]
Right-Wing Disinformation Surges As California Recall Election Unfolds As the recall election against California governor Gavin Newsom drew closer to a close, both the leading right-wing candidate and conspiracy theorists continued pushing disinformation painting the process as “rigged” before polls even opened. As NBC News reported, Republican Larry Elder encouraged supporters to visit a website that claimed it had gathered evidence of fraud […]
Did a Botswanan Doctors’ Group Call for Ivermectin as a COVID-19 Treatment? Conspiracy theorists spread screengrabs they claimed validated their push against taking vaccines for the virus.
Did Danny DeVito Lose His ‘Verified’ Status on Twitter? The platform was accused of penalizing the actor for his support of Nabisco workers.
Did a Republican Party Webpage Praising Trump’s Afghanistan Deal Disappear? The former United States president now says that the U.S. leaving the country in September 2021 was too soon.
