Were Senators Given Protester ‘Assistance’ Cards To Use Against Journalists?
An aide said the instructions represent “longstanding best practices” in dealing with demonstrators.
Politics
Is the Equal Rights Amendment Now Law?
A vote to ratify the ERA amendment in Virginia could start still more legal battles.
Does This Photograph Show Syrians Leaving Idlib?
The Russian embassy augmented an announcement about escape routes from Syria with an unrelated, years-old, misleading photograph.
500,000 Americans Will Go Bankrupt This Year from Medical Bills?
A Facebook post claims that half a million Americans “will go bankrupt this year” due to medical bills, and they didn’t “blow their money at a casino in Las Vegas.”
‘Vermont Socialist Plans Mayoralty with Bias Toward Poor’ Headline
An apparent screenshot of a New York Times article from 1981 described Bernie Sanders as having a pro-poor “bias.”
December 7 1943: 56,082 People in Auschwitz; December 7 2019: 69,550 Children in Border Camps?
Social media users shared a shocking comparison between the number of people in Auschwitz at the end of 1943 with the number of children alone in border camps.
Iranians, Iranian-Americans Stopped at U.S. Border with Canada
One woman said a border agent asked her parents, “Did you immigrate, or are you a refugee?”
‘Weird Twitter’ Account Spreads Video Distorting Joe Biden Campaign Speech
The eighteen-second clip was taken out of context from the Democratic Party presidential candidate’s remarks on violence against women.
‘Blue Eyes Are Haram’ Disinformation
False stories using the same reappropriated photograph of a child who was mauled by a dog in 2008 are appearing — for at least the fifth year in a row.
Did the U.S. Department of Defense Display an Image of a Nazi on the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge?
Social media accounts affiliated with the American military prominently displayed a photograph of Joachim Peiper before taking the posts down.
