Rep. Jack Kimble: ‘I Find It Very Suspicious …’
Screenshots of a tweet purportedly speculating on why the virus only affects unvaccinated people spread virally on Facebook, but “Rep. Jack Kimble” has been around for quite a while.
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‘Doc and Marty Made it to 2021’
A popular Imgur post referenced Back to the Future, but that photograph of “Doc and Marty” was from 2020.
Biden Admin HHS Secretary’s ‘Absolutely the Government’s Business’ Vaccine Remarks
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra commented on a plan to promote vaccination by knocking on doors — framed as “frightening” in some parts of the discourse.
Study Fails to Find Any Tuna DNA Inside Subway Tuna Sandwich
A popular tweet claiming a “new study” failed to identify tuna in a Subway tuna sandwich omitted some details — and there was no “new study.”
Did Twitter Lose $5 Billion in Value After ‘Banning’ Donald Trump?
Partisan websites were quick to report that Twitter’s stock value plummeted after finally deplatforming the outgoing United States president — but the claim was missing a lot of context.
‘Election Fraud is Real, and It’s Happening Right Now’
Popular posts purportedly used unrelated or decontextualized images to make baseless claims about “election fraud” by way of discarded ballots.
‘Trump’s Head’ Photograph
Unpacking a close-up image that circulated during the September 29 2020 U.S. presidential debate.
Tucker Carlson: ‘Well, If That’s What Democratic Socialism is, Then I’m Basically on Board.’
In 2020, a viral tweet maintained that Cornel West got the Fox News host to say he was “basically on board” with democratic socialism.
Did Dems Strike ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2020 DNC?
Screenshots of Laura Ingraham’s August 19 2020 Fox News segment featured a chyron reading “Dems strike ‘under God’ from pledge while pushing Biden as a faith candidate.”
Do Images Show Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Announcing Their Ticket at an Event — Without Masks?
Images appeared purportedly showing the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nominee and his running mate at a rally where no one was wearing a mask.