‘Vanity and Greed’: Despite Disinformation Crises, Facebook Continues Making Inroads Into Major Newsrooms
The social media platform announced in September 2020 that it was beginning “augmented reality” reporting partnerships with news organizations.
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Did DACA Recipients Pay $891 Million in Federal Taxes?
A meme criticizing Trump’s alleged tax issues mixed up federal programs helping immigrants.
Did the New York Times ‘Officialize’ Kim Jong-Un’s Death?
An unknown party took advantage of the rumors surrounding the North Korean leader’s status to spread disinformation.
‘Vermont Socialist Plans Mayoralty with Bias Toward Poor’ Headline
An apparent screenshot of a New York Times article from 1981 described Bernie Sanders as having a pro-poor “bias.”
NYT, 1932: ‘German Centrists’ Believe Nazis Allowed to Participate Will Become More Moderate?
A purported “New York Times” article from 1932 reports on a widespread belief that encouraging civic participation among Nazis would make them more moderate.
Were Black WWI Veterans in Uniform Lynched During the Red Summer of 1919?
In February 2019, the following image appeared (archived here), with the description “victorious black soldiers returning to the U.S. from World War I are lynched while still in uniform.” An attached image showed a black man being dragged from a streetcar by several white men, captioned “the massacre they don’t teach you about in history.” However, the …
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Did Hillary Clinton ‘Cut in Line’ for Thanksgiving Dinner with Troops in Afghanistan?
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s November 2003 visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan was spun into a fanciful tale of liberal pique online, framed in some iterations as a concerned email from an actual veteran. Clinton, who was a senator representing New York state at the time, did indeed visit Bagram Air Base on …
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