Did Ronald Reagan Say ‘Under No Pretext Should Arms and Ammunition Be Surrendered’?
A meme spreading virally online falsely credits the former president with a distorted version of a quote from Karl Marx.
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Dear ‘Ban Gun’ Teenagers, 11 Teens Die a Day from Texting and Driving
A bad faith argument about texting and driving deaths aimed at “‘ban gun’ teenagers” has been shared more than a million times on social media.
‘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.
Does Video Show Police Spraying Fake Blood on Themselves During a Philadelphia Shooting?
Viral video spread on several social channels, purportedly showing Philadelphia police using “fake blood” after a shooting standoff.
Mass Shooter Media Myth
On February 2019, television personality John Stossel released a video to Facebook watch, entitled “Media Hype Questionable Gun Control Study/MASS SHOOTER MEDIA MYTH.” That video was first shared to YouTube on December 18 2018. The …
Does This Photograph Show the 2019 ‘March for Life’?
On January 20 2019, a Facebook user shared the following photograph and caption: Estimated 650,000 MARCH FOR LIFE IN D.C.! So thankful that we are seeing so many stand up for the innocent babies being …
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