PayPal ‘Misinformation’ Fine Controversy
An October 2022 controversy involving a PayPal misinformation “fine” of $2500 led to a reversal of the decision.
USA Today Publisher Also Printing Right-Wing ‘Newspaper’ Mailings: Report
Gannett has refused to comment on its link to “Local Government Information Services.”
‘Jimmy Carter Unveiling Solar Panels Atop the White House. Ronald Reagan Removed Them 2 Years Later’
In October 2022, a popular Reddit post displayed a photograph that purportedly showed former U.S. President Jimmy Carter unveiling solar panels on the White House during his administration.
‘A Fifth Texas National Guardsman [Died by] Suicide After Being Ordered by Greg Abbott to Patrol Migrants’
Screenshots of a tweet about suicides among Texas National Guardsmen circulated on Imgur in October 2022.
GOP Gubernatorial Hopefuls Regurgitate ‘Students Identifying as Cats’ Smear
Another piece of disinformation gets spread still further along political lines.
I-80 Wyoming, ‘Highway to Heaven’
A September 30 2022 Facebook image of a “highway to heaven” in Wyoming spread virally in late September and early October 2022; the attached image looked like this: No links to additional information or a source for the image appeared alongside the image, which showed two directions of a two-lane highway, taken from an apparent vantage …
‘Florida Female Student Athletes Have to Report Their Menstrual History to Play’
Claims that Florida’s female student athletes were made to report their menstrual histories appeared in October 2022.
Study: ‘Registered Republicans Had Far Higher Excess Death Rates Than Registered Democrats’ in Ohio and Florida
Research shows how partisan views influenced pandemic mortality rates in two states.
‘Iranian Women in the 60s’
Protests in Iran in late September and early October 2022 led to the circulation of images purportedly showing Iranian women in the 1960s and 1970s.
‘Dennis Prager Wrote a Whole Essay Whining About Men Having to Respect Women’s Sexual Boundaries’
An “essay” attributed to PragerU founder Dennis Prager was excerpted to Twitter in September 2022.