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Daily Debunker: Misleading with Memes 101

Featured on Snopes today: A viral political meme manages to convey nuggets of fact while clouding the truth, 'The Simpsons' is credited with predicting the coronavirus outbreak, and much more!

Snopes Staff

Published Feb. 4, 2020

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A popular Facebook meme boldly proclaims to American voters that the following is "ALL you need to know on Election Day”:

"Democrats killed a bill for tuition assistance for children of veterans killed in battle, THEN APPROVE subsidizing the education and health-care of illegal immigrants."

True or false? Both. It’s an object lesson in how kernels of truth can be bent to mislead and misinform the public. Snopes.com’s Bond Huberman reports.

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