Did Democrats ‘Kill a Bill’ Helping Gold Star Families to Help Immigrants Instead? A 2019 attack by President Trump against New York lawmakers was repurposed for disinformation a year later.
Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Ignore’ Joe Biden During Her DNC Appearance? The New York lawmaker ripped NBC News for a headline distorting her remarks on Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Did Pete Buttigieg’s Campaign Insert ‘Artificial Applause’ Into a Video Ad? A progressive group claimed that a video from the Democratic presidential candidate was augmented by creative audio editing.
What is a ‘Recanvass’? Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez's demand for an audit reignited criticism of the Iowa Democratic caucus.
Were There No Flags at the Democratic Debate? An allegation that Democrats shunned "offensive" American flags at their debates has circulated on social media for years — and it's never been true.
Is This the League of Nazi Women, Who ‘Always Wore White’? On February 5 2019, Facebook user Anna Love shared the following image in a status update, claiming that the photograph shows Nazi Socialist women wearing their customary white attire: In the status update field, Love wrote: The League of Nazi Socialist women who supported Hitler’s dream of a socialist paradise. They always went to public […]
Is This a Picture of Used Syringes Recovered in ‘Democrat Run’ San Francisco? On December 20, 2018, the Facebook page Try Decaf shared a photograph, purportedly showing used needles “found on the streets of Democrat run San Francisco”: As of January 4, 2019, the image had been shared thousands of times. Angry users commented on the photograph: paid for by these cities! give them free drugs and needles! […]
The ‘All Democrats Voted Against a Social Security Raise’ Meme Weeks before the 2018 United States’ midterm elections, propaganda from across the political spectrum flew thick and fast. Some of it contained grains of truth, while other stories were completely made up, such as a particularly lazy cut-and-paste meme that appeared in mid-October: The meme asks rhetorically, without citation or supporting evidence: Were any of you aware […]
Taylor Swift’s Political Endorsements: The Rumors and the Reality Pop superstar Taylor Swift — once a darling of the far-right and alt-right crowds because of her “Aryan goddess” looks and their own fevered imaginations — broke a years-long policy of silence on political matters in October 2018 to endorse a political party on her Instagram account: I’m writing this post about the upcoming midterm elections […]
‘Lots of Free Stuff Ahead’ Sign at U.S.-Mexico Border There's no sign at the U.S.-Mexico border promising "lots of free stuff ahead." Photo editing software was used to create the fake sign.
