‘Velocity of Money’ Tumblr Post
A popular screenshot shared to Facebook by “The Other 98%” purportedly explained a concept known as the “velocity of money.”
A popular screenshot shared to Facebook by “The Other 98%” purportedly explained a concept known as the “velocity of money.”
A meme purporting to show California curriculae that compared and contrasted political views continued spreading on social media long after its already flimsy context fell away.
In September 2019, a story about a pastor’s purported ill-fated fasting effort was all over Facebook — but it wasn’t the story’s first appearance.
On February 21 2019, economist and former United States Secretary of Labor Robert Reich published a tweet alongside what appeared to be an image of two political buttons from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s and Lyndon B. Johnson’s campaigns: Although Reich made no specific reference to the “say ‘no’ to socialism” buttons shown, he wrote: For over …
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False rumors that federal agents raided a mosque in Michigan came from a website that describes its content as “conservative satire.”
False rumors that Queen Elizabeth removed the Obamas from the Royal Wedding guest list came from websites that fabricate news stories.
Coretta Scott King acknowledged then-Senator Jeff Sessions in a 2000 speech — but claims that King “thanked” Sessions are false.
Rumors that President Obama recalled all aircraft carriers were briefly true, but an aircraft carrier deployed days later.
Questions have been raised about whether Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s top advisor, is a white nationalist or white supremacist who has racist, sexist and xenophobic world views.
President Obama has supposedly been named the 5th best president in history by the University of Georgia or Texas A&M.