The Onion, the New York Times, and Mass Shootings
The day after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, The Onion‘s cyclical mass shooting piece took over its front page — as a New York Times abstract followed suit in reality.
The day after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, The Onion‘s cyclical mass shooting piece took over its front page — as a New York Times abstract followed suit in reality.
A popular post across platforms claimed that Ukraine has “lasted longer than France did in World War II.”
During a January 2022 Fox News appearance, Newt Gingrich claimed that members of the January 6th Committee could be jailed under future Republican leadership.
Posts promoting a “When We Were Young” festival spread virally, raising questions about whether the event was a scam or hoax.
Screenshots of a purported Newsmax print cover bearing the phrase “Vlad the Great” circulated on social media.
A popular meme claimed that the seventh (or tenth) largest pyramid in the world was a Bass Pro Shops location.
Networks uncritically took the local police chief’s claim as “confirmation.”
Treacly, engagement-baiting glurge about Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith spread virally on Facebook, despite being unsourced and deeply insulting.
As millions of Texans lost electricity, a coordinated disinformation campaign attempted to shift the blame to renewable energy.