Local News Station Conducts Voting Poll Listing Bernie Sanders as ‘Other’?
Viewers cried foul after a segment appeared to omit the Vermont senator and presidential candidate.
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Super Nintendo World Mushroom Kingdom Urinals
A screenshot of what appeared to be a tweet from Nintendo of America depicted Mushroom Kingdom urinals purportedly planned for the new theme park.
Trump ‘Break My Stride’ Tweets
Viral tweets supposedly showed the President of the United States tweeting the lyrics to the 1983 hit “Break My Stride,” amounting to what was in actuality misaligned meme transference.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: ‘Capitalism Does Not Permit an Even Flow of Economic Resources’
A screenshot of a tweet captioned “Once again, it’s that time of year that we pretend Dr. King never said things like this” accompanied a purported King quote on the topic of capitalism.
Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Frank, and Barbara Walters Are the Same Age?
A cyclically-circulating claim holds Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barbara Walters would all be “the same age” if they were all still alive.
‘Prince Philip is Dead’; Rumor Spreads Like Wildfire
Social media users are reporting a real-life, fast-spreading rumor Prince Philip (husband to Queen Elizabeth) died around January 17 2020.
2016 ‘Bern the Witch’ Sanders Campaign Event
After rumors that the Vermont senator and presidential candidate said a woman couldn’t win a presidential election emerged, claims appeared that his campaign hosted a “Bern the Witch” event in 2016.
‘Vermont Socialist Plans Mayoralty with Bias Toward Poor’ Headline
An apparent screenshot of a New York Times article from 1981 described Bernie Sanders as having a pro-poor “bias.”
Teen Vogue Publishes, Unpublishes Mysterious Sponsored ‘Facebook Election Integrity’ Piece
A strange and initially unlabeled piece of sponsored Facebook public relations material masquerading as editorial content disappeared soon after it was properly labeled.
December 7 1943: 56,082 People in Auschwitz; December 7 2019: 69,550 Children in Border Camps?
Social media users shared a shocking comparison between the number of people in Auschwitz at the end of 1943 with the number of children alone in border camps.