Has RealClearPolitics ‘Rescinded’ Pennsylvania and ‘Uncalled’ the Race?
One site got a lot of attention after it allegedly “rescinded” Pennsylvania and “uncalled” the 2020 election.
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Does Benford’s Law Prove Election Fraud in Biden Votes?
After “watermarked ballots” (and many other rumors) failed to materialize, conspiracy theorists pivoted to claims that something known as “Benford’s Law” proved that votes for Joe Biden were inauthentic.
“Google ‘322 COVID'”
At first glance, it looked like an overwhelming number of municipalities reported the oddly specific number of 322 COVID-19 cases — which unsurprisingly led to conspiracy theories.
Seattle November 3 2019 False Flag Attack Rumor
Whispers and conspiracy theories about a possible “nuclear false flag attack” in Seattle on November 3 2019 spread on social media, but they sound awfully familiar.
Dear ‘Ban Gun’ Teenagers, 11 Teens Die a Day from Texting and Driving
A bad faith argument about texting and driving deaths aimed at “‘ban gun’ teenagers” has been shared more than a million times on social media.
‘10,874 People Killed by Drunk Drivers in 2017, 403 by Rifles but Walmart Stops Selling Rifles’ Meme
The numbers in a meme contrasting deaths by drunk driving with death by rifles in 2017 is mathematically accurate — but it’s also whataboutism.
Wrist Freckle Myth
The hunt for an “identical wrist freckle” among women on social media went viral in May 2019 following a widely-shared tweet: In it, the original poster included four images of a purportedly identical wrist freckle on four different people, and wrote: ladies….. u got a freckle on the middle of ur wrist or is this …