Did Ted Cruz Fly to Mexico While Texans Were Without Electricity?
The right-wing lawmaker came under fire online for leaving the state for warmer weather with his family as many of his constituents lived through a historic winter storm.
Fact Checks
‘Green New Deal. Pray For Texas.’
As millions of Texans lost electricity, a coordinated disinformation campaign attempted to shift the blame to renewable energy.
‘I’ve Never Killed a Man, But I Have Read Some Obituaries with Great Pleasure’ Quote Origin
Posts of a famous quote about schadenfreude were quickly followed by discussions around who actually uttered (or wrote) it.
‘Hollywood Fred Meyer Threw Out All Perishables in Power Outage, Portland Police Blocked People From Accessing the Dumpsters and All the Food Went Bad’
As a number of states endured winter storms and power outages in February 2021, claims started popping up that law enforcement in Portland, Oregon was guarding discarded food.
Was a Texas Ramada Hotel Charging $999 For Rooms After a Huge Winter Storm?
Twitter users chided the hotel chain after photos of online listings began spreading.
‘My Brain Refuses to Believe There Are 4 People in This Photo’
A February 2021 post showing four people toasting with minibar bottles outdoors spread to Facebook, then Imgur, and back to Reddit.
Can You Mop Your Floors With Tide Powder?
The advent of “quarancleaning” during the COVID-19 pandemic led to the viral popularity of using Tide to mop floors.
‘California Inmate Has Now Beaten to Death 2 Child Molesters With a Cane While in Prison, Authorities Say’
A screenshot of what appeared to be a news article about a California inmate who beat two fellow inmates to death spread virally on social media platforms.
‘Only in 1989’ Credit Scores Posts
Social media discussions are centered around a claim that FICO scores and credit scores weren’t introduced until 1989.
Was Ashli Babbitt’s Death ‘Exposed as a Hollywood Stunt’?
One of “the most discredited sources on the internet” attempted to spread a conspiracy about the Capitol rioter.