‘The Water Was Laced With Fentanyl’ A new online hoax tries to sell a rare ocurrence as a new fentanyl-related threat.
Did Dave Ramsey Warn Facebook Users About Biden’s Tax Plan? Like Tim Allen, Dave Ramsey is often accused of writing political screeds on Facebook -- in this case, a treatise on "Joe Biden's tax plan."
Is Original ‘Aunt Jemima’ Nancy Green Being ‘Erased’ by Political Correctness? For starters, that picture isn't Nancy Green -- and the "save Aunt Jemima" rant has additional issues.
‘Meeting Between Breadfruit’ Facebook Meme The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have rekindled the "meeting between breadfruit" Facebook status meme, essentially an emotionally manipulative and pointless chain letter.
Does a Facebook ‘Default Setting’ Sign Users Up for Recurring Donations? Any post saying that it was "copied from a friend" should raise a red flag for readers.
‘There are 30,000 Gun Related Deaths Per Year by Firearms’ An authoritatively worded social media post about guns is a long-circulating mixture of decontextualized statistics and opinion.
Did Tommy Lee Write a Lengthy Anti-Trump Screed on Twitter? Although the musician reposted a rant about United States President Donald Trump and his followers, he didn't write it himself.
‘They Pushed Her’ Facebook Post On April 17 2019, a Facebook post (archived here) began circulating, purporting to tell the tragic story (“they pushed her”) of a young girl named Carmen Winstead, as well as the fates of the classmates responsible for her death: They pushed her After lunch, her teacher announced that the school was holding a fire drill. […]
Are Lawmakers’ Children Exempt From Repaying Student Loans? A false claim on a Fox talk show has survived online in several iterations.
‘The Elevator Incident’ How various Black male celebrities got used to spread a "somewhat racist" bit of folklore.
