Several versions of a story about a Muslim man who disrupted a concert in the Netherlands to invite Queen Beatrix of Holland to the Islamic faith. Some versions say that the man was the orchestra conductor and that all the members of the orchestra walked off the stage in a sign of solidarity.
A photograph showing trash and debris scattered across a desert landscape comes as part of a chain email that says it is an “eye-opener” from the Sonoran Desert region in Arizona, showing a trash-covered landscape: According to chain emails and Facebook posts, thousands of backpacks, clothes, food wrappers, water bottles and soiled baby diapers were …
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This claim was so outlandish even the NRA came out against it — but it’s still lingering online, as it was designed to do.
Not long after the 9-11 attacks of 2001, a chain email sowed fears of a second strike.
The disinformation of 2006 and subsequent years has formed the backbone of right-wing policy in 2022.
A chain email turned into a meme claims to be a list of “facts” about unauthorized immigration to the United States, but it fails badly on the “facts” front.
A short-lived blog’s attempt at humor hinged on mocking the Obama administration — and the poor.
Black seniors have long been targeted via mail and online — but legitimate efforts for reparations have also advanced in recent years.
A chain email used the story of “Kevin Archer” to drum up lazy fearmongering.
A xenophobic message that circulated within days of the attacks lingers as online swill.
