A screenshot of a tweet by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich claiming taxpayers subsidized $153 billion of corporate profits appeared on Imgur amid a wider discussion around corporate treatment of employees.
Posts about a purportedly ancient statue of an astronaut spread on Facebook and Reddit, but without substantiation.
Much like its subject’s seeds, a Dutch gardening enthusiast’s Facebook post quickly spread online.
People scolded one another about hoarding gas amid fears of a May 2021 fuel shortage.
Screenshots suggested that CTV Calgary made an unfortunate choice in stock photographs, involving the Watts family in a segment unrelated to the tragic murders.
A viral tweet demonstrates how easy it still is to get people to believe utter nonsense with out-of-context or wildly misapplied data.
A viral, updated tabloid tale about a beauty therapist cutting a client’s eyelashes off over a declined card looks like someone misunderstanding meme culture.
Rumors of a current or imminent gas shortage spread on social media and by word of mouth.
A bizarre story about a ‘fake town’ in Utah (possibly Piute Reservoir) enraptured social media.
Social media posts and images of signs about how no one wants to work are omnipresent, but low-wage jobs are not “competing with unemployment benefits.”
