$6.09 Gas Prices in California Meme
Amid ongoing discourse about gas prices in March 2022, a meme apparently showing gas for sale for $6.09 a gallon in California spread virally.
St. Jude Ukrainian Translators Request
Circulating social media posts claimed that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital needed Ukrainian translators to aid in treating evacuees.
‘Ukraine Looters Taped to Poles’
Viral photographs of purported looters in Ukraine being “taped” to poles are circulating, sometimes identified as Russian soldiers.
Kharkiv Railway Station Image
A broadly circulated image appears to show displaced Ukrainians crowding together at a railway station in Kharkiv in March 2022.
Russia Purportedly Planned ‘Public Executions’ in Ukraine
The leaked document detailed mass execution plans in cities that Russia hopes to take over.
Republican Candidate Booed by University of North Texas Students
A viral Twitter video purportedly shows candidate Jeff Younger getting booed by a college class in March 2022.
Did Flooding in Australia Cause a Quad Bike to Get Stuck on a Power Line?
A lighthearted photo is real — and so is the “rain bomb” that pounded the country in early 2022.
Putin ‘Stripped of Black Belt’
Amid ongoing news about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, social media rumors spread that Vladimir Putin’s black belt was revoked.
Interfax Ukraine: ‘No Need to Declare’ Captured Russian Tanks on Tax Forms
Myriad social media posts claimed Ukraine’s tax authorities issued guidance about properly declaring captured Russian tanks.
Rep. Matt Gaetz’s ‘If Russia Wanted to Destabilize Ukraine, Putin Didn’t Need to Send Tanks’ Tweet
An Imgur post purportedly depicted a tweet in which the Florida Republican appeared to use “Russia” and “we” interchangeably.