A number of posts led readers to believe the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s crime statistics implicated knives as far deadlier than rifles, but there are a few issues with that assessment.
A number of increasingly hysterical posts on social media claimed that New York City had either criminalized or outright banned calling people “illegal,” a rumor that spread like wildfire.
A far-right disinformation purveyor claims that he got critics “to read the Constitution” with a purportedly farcical tweet.
While not totally inaccurate, a widely-shared graphic misstates some of the terms of Manning’s incarceration.
A viral post is making the usual rounds, but it has little context to support its description.
A viral post on social media describes how a loved one’s cremated remains hardened into a brick-like mass, presenting a unique dilemma.
A viral Imgur post purportedly showed “Iranian TV censorship” of female athletes in a track and field competition, but it was suspiciously sourceless.
A long-circulating article appeared to report that two altar boys were arrested for putting marijuana in an incense burner during a Christmas Eve Mass.
Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users shared an article claiming that United States President Donald Trump was “now trying to get Mike Pence impeached,” but be wary of extraordinary claims from a single source.
The group called on the Trump administration to “take swift, coordinated actions” to protect veterans.
