Pete Sessions’ Deleted Tweet As June 2022 hearings regarding the January 6 2021 insurrection continued, purported screenshots of a deleted tweet from a Texas Republican circulated on social media.
Texas Governor Tweets, Quietly Deletes ‘@ElonMusk Picked the Right State to Move to’ Republican Greg Abbott retweeted Elon Musk and said that Musk "picked the right state to move to," but deleted the tweet after seven minutes.
Lauren Boebert ‘Severe Thunderstorm Watch’ Tweet A fake tweet initially labeled as "satire" and attributed to Rep. Lauren Boebert lost its signifier during a "severe thunderstorm watch."
Jim Cramer ‘Have Fun Being Poor’ Tweet An ongoing social media dispute between Jim Cramer and "meme stock" investors included a purported tweet from the former in which he taunted them with "have fun being poor."
‘Macaulay Culkin is Now 4 Years Older than Catherine O’Hara Was When She Played His Mom in Home Alone’ A screenshot of a tweet claimed that Macauley Culkin was "now four years older than Catherine O'Hara when she played his mom in Home Alone" as of December 2021.
‘FDA Vaccine Advisory Board Said Friday Unvaccinated Are More Educated on the Vaccine Than Most People Who Have Gotten It’ Tweet A debunked, deleted tweet spread as zombie disinformation in late October 2021, claiming the "FDA Vaccine Advisory Board" lamented a "more educated" populace of unvaccinated people.
Ben Shapiro ‘Wife’s Bedroom’ Columbus Day Tweet An October 11 2021 tweet featured a purported Twitter screenshot, which was attributed to Ben Shapiro and mentioned his “wife’s bedroom” and “Columbus Day”: pic.twitter.com/YUqBJgI3NB — Michael Kofi A.||♤🇬🇭 (@MikeKofiA) October 12, 2021 In the screenshot (dated October 11 2021 at 4:50 PM), Shapiro purportedly said: My daughter woke me up this morning and asked […]
Charlie Kirk ‘Cure’ Tweet Fake tweets quickly move outside their ecosystem on Reddit, as was the case with a tweet attributed to Charlie Kirk and initially labeled "satire."
NBC LA ‘Shot On-Site’ Tweet An August 16 2021 tweet by @NBCLA used "shot on site" in a confusing, but humorous, way.
‘Canadian Peanut Butter’ Packaging A photograph of peanut butter sold in trays was labeled in a viral post as "Canadian peanut butter," an inference likely drawn due to Canadian milk bags.
