Bride Steals $30k in Wedding Donations Then Asks for More?
A juicy post to Reddit is either “family drama gold” or an elaborately detailed hoax showcasing the pitfalls of online fundraising and wedding culture.
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The Sad Backstory of the ‘Woman Yelling at a Cat’ Meme
A popular post about an equally popular meme discusses several related events leading up the viral moment.
Did United States Attorney General Bill Barr Meet with Rupert Murdoch Before Shep Smith Left Fox News?
A popular meme suggests that the Fox News anchor — a frequent critic of Donald Trump — was fired on the orders of the White House.
Will 154,000,000 Pieces of Plastic from Christmas Crackers in the UK Wind Up in the Ocean in a Single Year?
Here’s how the rumor about hundreds of millions of pieces of “crackers” becoming ocean plastic got started.
Did a Man Find a Dead Mouse in a Nearly Empty Red Bull Can?
Viral social media posts about contaminated food and beverage items are common, and a claim involving an energy drink spread in September 2019.
Is This the Only Existing Footage Of the First Plane Hitting the World Trade Center?
On the anniversary of September 11th 2001, the purported only existing footage of the first plane hitting New York City circulated on social media.
911 Dispatcher Donna Reneau/Debra Stevens Drowning Incident
On September 1 2019, the following meme appeared in the Facebook group “LIVE PD FANS NO BOUNDARIES” (archived here), purportedly detailing an exchange between the woman shown in the photograph (911 dispatcher Donna Reneau) and a victim of flash flooding (Debra Stevens): The text over her head in the photo read: HELLO, I’M DONNA RENEAU, …
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Did a Woman Post an Ad Offering to Babysit ‘White Kids Only’?
Social media amplified threats and harassment against an Oregon woman over the flyer without pausing to see whether it was real.
Is a Proposed Bill in Texas Trying to Disenfranchise the Elderly and Poor by Prohibiting Transportation to Polls?
On May 6 2019, the following tweet described proposed legislation in Texas that would purportedly disenfranchise voters unable to drive themselves to the polls: A prominent retweet garnered several thousand more shares: A screenshot of the same tweet with additional commentary from a different account was shared to Facebook by act.tv a day later. Together, both …
Did Luke Perry Die After a Pneumonia Vaccine?
Actor Luke Perry died following a stroke on March 4 2019. That same day, a screenshot (archived here) suggesting Perry had received a pneumonia vaccine just before his stroke appeared and quickly began circulating: The post, captioned “In case someone was wondering!”, displayed what appeared at first glance to be an article reporting Perry was hospitalized due …