‘John Tyler, America’s Tenth President, Was Born in 1790. He Has A Living Grandson’
A screenshot of a tweet suggested that the tenth American president (John Tyler, born in 1790) had a living grandson in November 2021.
A screenshot of a tweet suggested that the tenth American president (John Tyler, born in 1790) had a living grandson in November 2021.
A long-circulating meme that centers around purported songs by death metal band Cannibal Corpse went viral on Twitter in November 2021.
Discourse about the tragic deaths of several attendees at Travis Scott’s Astroworld in November 2021 included viral posts claiming that the catastrophe had occult overtones.
A November 2021 Imgur post accurately described a Hobby Lobby advertisement, but context about the source of the text and date was removed.
A viral image of a purported billboard advising drivers that if their boss texts on their day off that they should “leave them unread” circulated across social media platforms.
A purported news screenshot about a man who allegedly waved a police officer down just to “slap him” spread virally.
In October 2021, posts circulated about a purported “statue of Medusa holding Perseus’ severed head,” symbolizing the #MeToo movement.
A tweet showed a paper with an ironic title, seemingly hidden behind a paywall.
A debunked, deleted tweet spread as zombie disinformation in late October 2021, claiming the “FDA Vaccine Advisory Board” lamented a “more educated” populace of unvaccinated people.
An October 2021 controversy over “cancel culture” led to the spread of a newspaper clipping lamenting the same issue — in 1954.