‘I Plan to Lead Another Non-Violent March Tomorrow’
A famous 1967 cartoon about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gained new attention in August 2020.
Viral Content
Conspiracy Forums Amplify Russian Troll Site’s ‘Laundry List’ of Arrested Politicians
Facebook users were irate to find their “source” had already been banned on the platform.
‘Yesterday, 4 Canadians Died of COVID, 7 Italians, 9 Germans, and 1,263 Americans’
A viral post appears to contrast the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Canada, Italy, Germany, and the United States on a single day in August 2020.
Is This a Chinese ‘Luckiest Birthday’ List?
Popular social media posts purportedly show rankings of Chinese “luckiest people” based on their birthdate.
‘Jeepers Creepers Rises Every 23 Years and Last Woke Up in 1997’
A meme appears to set a horror film’s eponymous character 23 years before 2020.
Did an RNC Speaker Say Her Biracial Son ‘Might Grow Up to be a Large Intimidating Brown Man,’ and Her ‘Biological Kids’ to be ‘White and Nerdy’?
Abby Johnson said police would be “smart” to profile her biracial son.
‘You do NOT DIVIDE the deaths into the total population. EVER! NEVER!’
Despite what definitive-sounding social media posts might claim, calculating the COVID-19 death rate is not “simple.”
Frida Kahlo ‘If I Have to Say It … I Do Not Want It Anymore’
Once again, a suspiciously sourceless, wounded lover quote attributed to Frida Kahlo is circulating on social media — with no evidence she ever wrote any such poem.
NBC News Article About Usain Bolt Testing Positive for Coronavirus Displays Photograph of Kevin Hart
An apparent screenshot appeared to show an NBC News article about Usain Bolt, but with a photograph of comedian Kevin Hart attached to it.
Is ‘Brisket’ Among HEB Hurricane Supplies?
Multiple screenshots of the grocery chain’s “hurricane supplies” showed “brisket” listed in its list of essential items.
