Did Michigan Gov. Whitmer Need Protection From Armed Right-Wing Protesters?
Even accurate reporting can create confusion if it fails to include pertinent details.
Fact Checks
Is CostCo Requiring Shoppers to Cover Their Faces?
A shopper’s message of support for the retail chain gained visibility online twice over.
Did Elon Musk Tweet ‘If One Day, My Words are Against Science, Choose Science’ Before a COVID-19 Controversy?
After Musk expressed scientifically and medically controversial COVID-19 opinions, screenshots of an old pro-science tweet he purportedly once sent circulated.
‘Wear Your Mask: The Urine Test’ Analogy Meme
A meme spreading on social media attempts to explain the purpose of coronavirus masks using an analogy about peeing (or not peeing) on everyone around you.
Did Dolly Parton Help Fund Research for a COVID-19 Treatment?
The singer made news twice over for her $1 million donation to researchers at Vanderbilt.
Is There ‘No Scientific Proof’ That Social Distancing Prevents the Spread of Coronavirus?
A University of Southern California professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics claimed that social distancing is ineffective.
Are Four Networks ‘Set to Announce They Will No Longer Televise Trump’s Announcements’?
Twitter users shared a Texas man’s unsourced claims that CNN and others were “standing firm.”
CNN ‘Global Death Toll Approaches Three Million People’ Chyron Error
Screenshots of a CNN chyron purportedly transposing the global death toll of COVID-19 with its infection rate spread on social media.
‘Quarantine is When You Restrict the Movement of SICK People’ Facebook Meme
Tacking “hmmm” onto a false statement about the purpose of quarantine doesn’t make this meme any less purposefully obtuse.
Can Ultraviolet Light Be Injected Into the Body to Fight COVID-19?
Social media users cited an “alternative health” practice to defend United States President Donald Trump.