Fake Electors
An unprecedented avalanche of disinformation followed the 2020 general election, enabling truly weird elements like “fake electors” to fade into the background of an increasingly bizarre chain of events.
Barilla Spotify Pasta Timers
In January 2022, an Imgur user shared a post about pasta maker Barilla’s Spotify cooking timer playlists.
Diane Sawyer’s Special Report, ‘Made in China’
Posts about the journalist’s “special report” about items “made in China” circulated virally.
Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and a Freedom Summer High-Speed Chase
After the January 2022 death of actor Sidney Poitier, a viral tweet described a “high-speed chase” involving Poitier and Harry Belafonte during the civil rights movement.
‘Starting Today Illinois Schools Can No Longer Ban Cornrows, Locs, Afros and Braids from School’
“Thanks to a West Side Chicago mom who fought [against] hair discrimination.”
‘In The [One] Year Since the [1/6/2021] Insurrection, [the GOP] Has Introduced 550+ Bills To Restrict The Vote …’
A January 6 2022 tweet addressed part of the aftermath of the January 6 2021 Capitol insurrection.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘If You Look at the Ice Ages, None of the People Back in the Ices Ages Paid a Bunch of Taxes to Melt the Ice’
After Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared on podcaster Tim Pool’s show in January 2022, a quote about climate change and Ice Age taxation circulated on social media.
Is This ‘Our Planet From the Side of the Pacific Ocean’?
A January 2022 Imgur repost purportedly showed a rarely-seen perspective of Earth.
‘Illinois Introduces A Bill To Force Unvaccinated Residents To Pay Out Of Pocket …’
An Imgur meme suggested that a lawmaker in Illinois had proposed a bill to assign financial responsibility for inpatient hospital visits to unvaccinated individuals.
‘Apparently in Luxembourg Your Commute Is Part of Your Workday …’
A viral thread created the impression workers in Luxembourg might have a paid commute, but the wording was vague and the claim unsubstantiated.