Fake AOC ‘Electric Cars’ Tweet Resurfaced in Hurricane Ian Discourse
A long-debunked “tweet” attributed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) about electric cars and storms is resurrected ahead of just about every hurricane.
A long-debunked “tweet” attributed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) about electric cars and storms is resurrected ahead of just about every hurricane.
Ongoing discourse about student loan repayment included a tweet claiming American student loans cost more to service than they yield in payments each year.
A satirical tweet about “Millennial homeowner” profile tropes was subtle enough to be perceived as authentic by readers.
A May 2021 tweet by Seattle-area CEO Dan Price claimed that Millennials only held 4.8 percent of all wealth, compared to 9 percent for Gen X and 21 percent for Boomers at the same age.
The fundamental premise of a viral Facebook post (itself a Twitter screenshot) wasn’t inaccurate, but the economic picture is even more disheartening than it suggests.
An unrealistic CNBC “budget breakdown” circulated in August 2020 — but not for the first time.
A viral “Boomers vs. Millennials” post claims that “I only made $6 an hour” is a flawed metric when comparing costs of living between generations.
On March 14 2019, the Facebook page Occupy Democrats shared a meme (archived here), making a number of claims about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York): Next to a photograph of Ocasio-Cortez, the meme’s text read: In high school she won 2nd place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. In a show of …
In March 2019, a poster of “Company Policies” spread on Facebook (archived here) and other sites, purportedly illustrating draconian — yet believable — rules for employees at an unidentified company: Many versions of the image appeared to come from Snapchat, with a circled portion around “sick days” and a comment: “This part tho .. wth.” The …
On December 22, 2018, the Facebook page Ethan Berk shared an image referencing baby boomers, older people in Japan, and the attitudes of the two groups: The image involved several components, including commentary at the top, a purported tweet from BBC News, and subsequent remarks made in reference to the tweet. Together, it read: North …
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