Was a New Strain of Coronavirus Known as D614G and ‘Ten Times More Infectious’ Emerge in Malaysia in August 2020?
Unnerving headlines appeared about a new strain of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus which causes COVID-19.
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Did Patton Oswalt Tweet ‘I Am a Proud Pedophile’?
Inauthentic tweets and hashtags drove interest in “child trafficking” and led to the unearthing of a purportedly damning tweet from “proud pedophile” Patton Oswalt.
Did the United States Issue a COVID-19 Travel Advisory for New Zealand?
The claims of a travel warning appeared to get the story out of context.
‘OK, Who Had Nuclear Cannibal Ants for August?’
The ongoing “2020 bingo” meme involved the escape of “nuclear cannibal ants … for August,” but the story making the rounds was from a year before.
Was a Colorado Man Arrested and Charged With Accidentally Shooting Fellow Protesters?
A viral Facebook post claims that a protester in Denver attempted to shoot at a vehicle, but accidentally wounded two people instead.
Twitter Adds ‘Glorifying Violence’ Label to Trump’s ‘Looting’ and ‘Shooting’ Tweet; White House Blames Fact Checkers
A late-night Trump tweet about shooting protesters was quickly swept into an unrelated dispute about Twitter “fact check” labels.
Rep. James Clyburn: Black People Were ‘Fully Employed During Slavery’ Controversy
In February 2020, a number of social media and blog posts claimed that House Majority Whip James Clyburn “refused to give credit” to United States President Donald Trump for low Black unemployment numbers, because Black Americans were “fully employed during slavery”: In the second post above, a February 19 2020 post on the site Chicks On …
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‘Powerful American Stories Ripped to Shreds by Nancy Pelosi’
Video shared by U.S. President Donald Trump on Twitter appears to show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tearing up stories of veterans and other Americans.
Alabama Senate Blocks Attempts to Raise Minimum Wage in Birmingham
In January 2020, an article about Alabama’s Senate blocking a minimum wage raise went viral on Facebook.