Amid national discussions around the American labor force, a Twitter account claimed that searches for “how to send a resignation email” spiked 3,450 percent in the preceding three months.
A years-old Washington Post chart about left-handedness over time frequently appeared in discourse about a perceived spike in transgender youth.
A tweet contained the claim that agricultural workers are killed on the job more frequently than law enforcement officers and are paid far less money.
“Just kidding, that’s in the United States today.”
A viral tweet and screenshots suggested that banks made out like bandits due to the 2020 struggles of cash-strapped Americans.
The majority of white homicide victims are killed by other white people.
A social media meme purportedly lists causes of death per day in the United States, with rifles coming in lower than nearly any other manner of death.
A viral tweet shared to Facebook claimed that the United States had plummeted dramatically on a list of the world’s safest countries, but it was wrong on more than one level.
In mid-January 2019, the Facebook page “I Love My Country” shared a status update meme with the title, “Democrat Government Shutdown Explained”: Amid scattered images of United States President Donald Trump, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California), the meme’s text read: DEMOCRAT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN EXPLAINED PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ASKING FOR …
Against the backdrop of a long-running federal shutdown, purportedly over border wall funding, a Facebook user shared the following meme in January 2019: It read: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SENT $56 BILLION IN PURE CASH TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES LAST YEAR ALONE. THAT’S AFTER THEIR KIDS ENJOYED FREE EDUCATION, FREE LUNCHES, AND FREE MEDICAL CARE PAID FOR …
