Propublica’s Politwoops Archive in Peril — Can It Be Saved?
Fact checkers have long relied on ProPublica’s Politwoops to determine the veracity of tweets.
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Texas Republican Tweets, Deletes Fake News Headline
Sen. Ted Cruz captioned the phony screenshot with “The left is beyond parody.”
Pete Sessions’ Deleted Tweet
As June 2022 hearings regarding the January 6 2021 insurrection continued, purported screenshots of a deleted tweet from a Texas Republican circulated on social media.
Trump ‘It Was a TUCK!’ Tweet
A screenshot of a tweet purportedly sent, then deleted by U.S. President Donald Trump — in which he is supposed to have said “it was a TUCK!” — is circulating.
Did U.S. President Donald Trump Tweet That Obama Didn’t ‘Prepair’ for the Coronavirus Pandemic?
A doctored tweet attributed to Trump purportedly said “it is unbelievable” that President Barack Obama “criticized” him “for the coronavirus response” when Obama “had 8 years to prepair.”
Buttigieg Deletes Tweet Decrying ‘Nostalgia for the Revolutionary Politics of the 1960s’
The Democratic Party presidential candidate also made the remark during the debate, deleting a tweet in which he quoted himself.