‘Swedish TV Accidentally Puts Subtitles from a Kids’ Show over a Political Debate’ An October 2 2021 Facebook post (screengrab included) contained a claim that a Swedish TV station accidentally put subtitles from children’s’ programming over a political debate: Beneath an apparent username from an unspecified platform (“nerdeas,”) two captions appeared. The first was the post itself, and the second the purported subtitle (which had presumably been converted from Swedish […]
‘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.
‘Looks Like Crazy Nancy Had a Liquid Lunch’ A photograph of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaving an establishment circulated with claims that she was leaving a bar and was clearly inebriated.
Is This a Photo of Seattle — Brought to You By ‘The Environmental Left’? A photograph of debris on a street, purportedly from Seattle's CHAZ (or CHOP), circulated on Facebook in the summer of 2020.
Does This Image Depict an ‘Antifa Rioter’ Named Brian Who ‘Hit a Woman’ in Front of a ‘Real Man’? A very brief post about an "antifa street rioter" named "Brian" manages to cram an astonishing number of lies into just thirty words.
The Trump Campaign’s ‘Public Safety vs. Chaos and Violence’ Ad A Facebook advertisement contrasting "public safety" with "chaos and violence" used an image from the Ukraine in 2014.
Did News Outlets Publish Old Photographs of Crowded Jacksonville, Florida Beaches in April 2020? Images of densely populated, newly reopened Florida beaches were followed by claims that they were old or stock images.
‘I Wonder Why the Cameraman Didn’t Need Protective Clothing?’ Facebook Post A viral tweet and post attempted to prove that the media had "hyped" the threat of COVID-19 by donning protective gear when clearly none was necessary.
‘Spanish Army Locked Down the Country Due to Coronavirus’ Image Set A viral image set shows the Spanish Legion (not the "Spanish Army"), and the photographs date back as early as 2013 -- well before the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
