Joe Biden’s 2002 Letter to Ruth Cooke
In October 2020, a 2002 letter from Joe Biden to a widow named Ruth Cooke circulated on social media.
Viral Content
Original Script for ‘The Addams Family’ Writer’s Note, ‘Demonic Levels of Horniness’
A viral screenshot of a tweet purportedly shed light on The Addams Family‘s 1991 script and the chemistry between Gomez and Morticia.
‘Since the Netflix Love Letters Have Been Pouring For Chris Watts, Including Marriage Proposals and Money’
A viral post claiming that convicted murderer Chris Watts receives avalanches of fan mail provides no sources for its claims.
‘Fun Fact: Dolly Parton is Not Blonde, All Her Blonde Dos Are Wigs … She Just Clark Kents Her Way Into Maintaining a Private Life’
A tweet and Tumblr post about Dolly Parton slipping through society unnoticed without wigs and stage makeup proved popular across platforms.
‘This Is a Reverse Financed Internship So You Will Pay $15/hr to Work Here’
A bogus ad first spotted in January continued to find readers online, thanks to social media.
Is This a Trump Supporter’s Truck Getting Repossessed in Florida in ‘a Perfect Metaphor’?
A photograph of a Trump supporter’s truck being towed spread across social networks, often with the description that it showed a repossession in progress.
‘Spirit Halloween on Gateway’ Trump ‘Devil’ Complaint Goes Viral
An apparently outraged complaint about the juxtaposition of a Donald Trump mask and a section labeled “devil” spread in screenshots on social media.
Was Charlie in ‘Willy Wonka’ Originally Black?
“Sometimes I think about how Willy Wonka sent those chocolate bars INTERNATIONAL and still 5 white kids managed to win the golden tickets.”
Chris Watts and Ring Footage with a ‘Fetus and a Skull in Oil’ in ‘American Murder’
During Netflix’s Watts murders documentary “American Murder,” viewers spotted a purported creepy coincidence involving images of a fetus, a skull, and oil after Ring footage aired.
‘My Blood IS the Vaccine’ Tweet
A tweet attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump circulated on social media in screenshot form, but we had our doubts.
