‘Illinois Introduces A Bill To Force Unvaccinated Residents To Pay Out Of Pocket …’ An Imgur meme suggested that a lawmaker in Illinois had proposed a bill to assign financial responsibility for inpatient hospital visits to unvaccinated individuals.
Stephen King ‘Coronavirus Is not Like ‘The Stand’ Response Tweet A Twitter response to Stephen King's claim that novel coronavirus strain COVID-19 was "not like 'The Stand'" went viral, but it was clearly a troll comment.
‘After a Trump Rally in Wildwood, New Jersey’ Facebook page "The Other 98%" shared images of a purported post-rally scene after United States President Donald Trump visited Wildwood, New Jersey.
‘Ruby Bridges is Only 65’ Meme A viral Facebook post claimed that Ruby Bridges, immortalized in a Norman Rockwell painting about school integration, is only 65 as of early 2020.
‘Velocity of Money’ Tumblr Post A popular screenshot shared to Facebook by "The Other 98%" purportedly explained a concept known as the "velocity of money."
Are Koalas ‘Functionally Extinct’ as of November 2019? An article circulated on social media with the claim that koalas had gone "functionally extinct" after wildfires in Australia destroyed most of their natural habitat.
Did United States Attorney General Bill Barr Meet with Rupert Murdoch Before Shep Smith Left Fox News? A popular meme suggests that the Fox News anchor — a frequent critic of Donald Trump — was fired on the orders of the White House.
Did Lindsey Graham Call Donald Trump a ‘Kook’ and ‘Not Fit to Lead’ in 2016? On May 1 2019, the Facebook page “The Other 98%” shared the following meme (archived here), contrasting 2016 with 2019 quotes from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and characterizations of President Trump as a “kook” who is “not fit to lead”: https://www.facebook.com/TheOther98/photos/a.115969958413991/3252084311469191/?type=3&theater Photographs of Graham at the top right and bottom left were captioned with two […]
Is USPS Losing Money Because of a 2006 Pension Law? On April 8 2019, Facebook page “The Other 98%” shared a post (archived here) claiming that the United States Postal Service was mistakenly believed to be losing money thanks to online retailers like Amazon, when in actuality the shortfall was because of a 2006 law mandating that USPS pre-fund worker pensions: https://www.facebook.com/TheOther98/photos/a.115969958413991/3191675760843380/?type=3&theater It read: DID YOU […]
Did Free Birth Control in Colorado Drop Unplanned Pregnancies by 40 Percent? On March 31 2019, a Facebook user shared a meme (archived here) about the purported effects of “free birth control” in the state of Colorado: https://www.facebook.com/barbara.michigan/posts/2405015432842699 Across an image of mountain scenery, the meme (watermarked by The Other 98%) read: COLORADO HAS OFFERED FREE BIRTH CONTROL FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS AND HAS SEEN: * […]
