On April 30 2019, the following post appeared (archived here) claiming Congress declared the Bible the “Word of God” via an October 1982 law, and promptly went viral. It shows an image of yellowed paper that appears to be an official declaration from Congress, and above labeling for “Public Law 97-280,” a title reads: CONGRESS DECLARES …
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Kim Kardashian West’s ensemble for the May 6 2019 Met Gala ball in New York made headlines for its film-inspired “wet” look, ruching, and extreme corseting, drawing the attention of fashion reporters and blogs even amid the campiness of the event’s other pageantry. Two days after Kardashian’s Thierry Mugler dress drew media attention, memes hinted …
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In May 2019, a number of posts about “heartbeat bills” in various American states circulated on social media. For example, a rumor about Georgia (archived here) subsequently appeared that proposed legislation would purportedly ban birth control pills and IUDs. One popular Facebook post about a provision of yet another bill, this time in Ohio, featured a …
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On February 2019, television personality John Stossel released a video to Facebook watch, entitled “Media Hype Questionable Gun Control Study/MASS SHOOTER MEDIA MYTH.” That video was first shared to YouTube on December 18 2018. The clip was just under five-and-a-half minutes, and in it, Stossel introduces a segment challenging a purported “media myth” involving mass …
On April 14 2019, a Facebook user shared a text-based status update (archived here), claiming that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had described “late-term abortion” bans as “really quite a sad thing”: Against a purple gradient background, white text read: Nancy Pelosi just called Trump’s request to ban late-term abortion “Really quite a sad thing.” No …
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On May 9 2019, a poster attributed to Delta Airlines apparently urging workers to forgo union dues in favor of purchasing video gaming consoles circulated on Facebook and Twitter: Above a rendering of a video game controller, blue and red text urged Delta employees to purchase expensive consoles instead of paying union dues: UNION DUES …
On May 7 2019, a Facebook user shared the following screenshot of an apparent article (archived here), along with a lengthy comment about extremely restrictive new abortion laws in the state of Georgia: A lengthy comment from the original poster (paragraph breaks ours) extrapolated from the highlighted text in the screenshot, proposing scenarios in particular …
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On May 6 2019, the following tweet described proposed legislation in Texas that would purportedly disenfranchise voters unable to drive themselves to the polls: A prominent retweet garnered several thousand more shares: A screenshot of the same tweet with additional commentary from a different account was shared to Facebook by act.tv a day later. Together, both …
On April 30 2019, the following post was shared to the Facebook group “Sussex County Voice” (archived here), alleging that when he was vice president of the United States, Joe Biden revealed the names and unit responsible for killing Osama bin Laden: ???? PLEASE REMEMBER THIS about Joe Biden When he was the Vice President, he …
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On May 4 2019, Barstool Sports shared the following clip on Twitter and Facebook, both captioned “Lady Mormont has the god damn MOVES”: Barstool Sports shared the clip from @rmlundyjr’s May 3 2019 tweet: Due to its caption, many users inferred that the clip depicted Game of Thrones cast member Bella Ramsey, who plays Lyanna Mormont: On the road …
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