Mayfield, Kentucky Theater Image
After deadly and devastating December 2021 tornadoes, a Reddit user’s photograph of a heavily damaged theater in Mayfield, Kentucky went viral.
Fact Checks
Was the ‘Bad Guy’ in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Dr. Fauci?
In December 2021, a meme claimed that the “bad guy” in the film Dallas Buyers Club was none other than Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Jim Finch and the Mayfield Tornado
Several viral social media posts purportedly described a man named Jim Finch, who helped Mayfield, Kentucky residents after December 2021 tornados.
‘When You Meet a Member of the Ku Klux Klan’
In December 2021, a screenshot of a poem titled “When You Meet a Member of the Ku Klux Klan” circulated on social media.
‘The New Mural on the Side of the Harriet Tubman Museum in Cambridge, MD’
A December 2021 viral Facebook post purportedly showed a new mural painted on an exterior wall of the Harriet Tubman Museum in Cambridge, Maryland.
Did Teachers in South Dakota Compete in a ‘Dash for Cash’ Event?
Footage of a hockey team’s event was called “dystopian” as it spread online.
Unpacking the DC National Guard Miller Memo
The emergence of an “insurrection PowerPoint” in December 2021 renewed interest in a January 4 2021 memo restricting deployment of the Washington DC National Guard.
Grapefruit Antidepressants Overdose Warning
A December 2021 viral Facebook post warned that eating grapefruit while on antidepressants can cause a fatal overdose.
Charles Schulz on Peanuts’ Franklin: ‘Print It Just the Way I Draw It or I Quit’
Just in time for A Charlie Brown Christmas, an anecdote about creator Charles Schulz and an ultimatum circulated on social media.
‘Ben Franklin Left Money to Boston’
A circulating meme contained the claim that Founding Father Benjamin Franklin left $2,000 to young people in Philadelphia and Boston.