‘Eating One Hot Dog Takes 35 Minutes Off Your Life’ A New York Post tweet claimed that eating just one hot dog "takes 35 minutes off your life," but the underlying research was far more complicated than the headline suggested.
‘Asteroid Could Hit Earth’ Clickbait Revived by the New York Post The New York Post is still milking the "2020 bingo" meme to spread misleading claims, such as how an asteroid "could" hit Earth in November 2020.
Did Police Tell Newspapers That $2.4M of Merchandise Was Looted from a SoHo Rolex Store — When Rolex Said it Wasn’t? A New York City headline led with a claim about Rolex looting in SoHo, but the article's text conflicted with the headline.
In May 2020, Did Scientists Find Evidence of a Parallel Universe Where Time Runs Backwards? News organizations and blog posts claimed that scientists had discovered evidence of a parallel universe that was likely "better" than our own.
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.
Does Using the ‘African Method’ Help Avoid Contracting COVID-19? Health officials have already refuted the idea that "traditional" remedies can work against the virus.
Was a Dutch Teenager Euthanized Because of Rape Trauma? In early June 2019, a number of English-speaking news organizations reported that a 17-year-old Dutch girl named Noa Pothove had been “euthanized” at her request, following years of unsuccessful treatment due to the trauma of rape and sexual abuse: Noa Pothoven: Raped girl, 17, dies by legal euthanasia in the Netherlands | Euronews https://t.co/cOBF36hGUs — […]
