‘Since 1980 California Built 22 Prisons, 1 University’
In February 2021, a photograph claiming California had built 22 prisons and one university “since 1980” made the rounds.
In February 2021, a photograph claiming California had built 22 prisons and one university “since 1980” made the rounds.
Partisan websites were quick to report that Twitter’s stock value plummeted after finally deplatforming the outgoing United States president — but the claim was missing a lot of context.
Social media commentators and political blogs claimed that the legislator, who is also referred to as “AOC,” was named Goya’s “employee of the month” after she suggested boycotting the brand in 2020.
Popular posts purportedly used unrelated or decontextualized images to make baseless claims about “election fraud” by way of discarded ballots.
A short clip on TikTok appeared to show the Democratic Party candidate saying, “I’m going to take on those rapist Mexicans” — but another TikTok video quickly addressed the claim.
Unpacking a close-up image that circulated during the September 29 2020 U.S. presidential debate.
A gross-out image of a petri dish that is purportedly full of bacteria swabbed from a mask is circulating on social media.
Tweets and blog posts claimed that former United States Vice President Joe Biden “completely botches” the Pledge of Allegiance in a video clip.
Two unrelated pieces of content were mashed up in a meme about a woman purportedly accused of driving a motorized shopping cart around Target, drinking wine and eating sushi and cinnamon rolls.
In 2020, a viral tweet maintained that Cornel West got the Fox News host to say he was “basically on board” with democratic socialism.