Did Mike Pence Use ‘Mulan’ to ‘Prove’ Women Should Not Be in the Military?
The vice president of the United States wrote in 1999 that the animated movie proved it was a “bad idea” for women to be service members.
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Do Children’s Characters ‘Max and Ruby’ Have a Tragic Backstory?
In 2015, the following content (archived here), an apparent Tumblr screenshot describing the purported backstory for the preschool book series and television show Max & Ruby, started to circulate on social media: Underneath a still from Max & Ruby were comments from an original poster and another person. The first said: 12 years after it was first aired, …
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Bots, Trolls Propelled Faux ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Controversy
The “Star Wars” franchise was not immune from the sort of controversy that has seeped into every tiny nook and cranny of the American public discourse, thanks to the ubiquity of social media and those who wish to exploit conflicts in order to create chaos. In that vein, the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi was …
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‘Six Corporations Own 90 Percent of News Media’
As a meme criticizing media consolidation spread online, its claims have become distorted.