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. […]
‘The Elevator Incident’ How various Black male celebrities got used to spread a "somewhat racist" bit of folklore.
George Carlin and ‘The Paradox of Our Age’ The comedian has been falsely linked for years to an essay he called "a sappy load of shit."
Did ‘Glen Eagles Hospital’ Send a Warning About Poisonous Perfume Arriving in Homes by Mail? A new spin on an old email and copypasta hoax involved using a federal agency to appear legitimate.
