Did Trump Echo Hitler by Calling Undocumented Immigrants ‘Animals’?
21 May 2018 A meme summarized Nazi beliefs about Jewish people but drew a less accurate link to President Trump's comments about immigrants.
Quotes
Did Hillary Clinton Say ‘Trump Deplorables’ Were the ‘Biggest Threats to America’?
19 May 2018 A notorious producer of hoax news stories turns a fabricated quote into a Facebook meme.
Did Major General Paul D. Eaton Say Trump’s Decertifying Iran Deal ‘Dishonors America’?
9 May 2018 A meme reproduces a former general's comment about President Donald Trump's announcement that the U.S. would be withdrawing from a nuclear deal with Iran.
Did Karl Rove Write ‘Tactics for Effective Conservative Blogging’?
3 May 2018 Since 2011, an item of questionable authorship titled "Tactics for Effective Conservative Blogging" has been attributed to political strategist Karl Rove.
Did Mike Huckabee Complain About Michelle Wolf After Mocking ‘Triggers’ on Twitter?
30 April 2018 Two tweets by the former GOP presidential candidate were combined to highlight a discrepancy in his views regarding what should be considered comedy.
Did Rep. Mike Kennedy Say ‘Access to Hospitals’ Was Responsible for Deaths?
27 April 2018 According to rumors, the Utah Republican says access to hospitals killed a million or more Americans a year — but is that true?
Fascism, Corporations, and Merriam-Webster
27 April 2018 A popular meme quotes confused and inaccurate claims about the purported links between fascism and modern corporations.
Did Hillary Clinton Say ‘We Must Destroy Syria for Israel’ in a Leaked E-Mail?
16 April 2018 Controversy around military action in Syria led to the recirculation of an inaccurate claim about Hillary Clinton.
Did Charles Krauthammer Write an ‘Interesting Take on Trump?’
20 March 2018 An opinion piece arguing that President Donald Trump is a pragmatist rather than a Republican or a Democrat was written by Mychal Massie, not Charles Krauthammer.
Did a GOP Candidate Insult a Parkland Shooting Survivor on Twitter?
15 March 2018 Leslie Gibson, a Republican candidate Maine's House of Representatives, called Parkland school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez a "skinhead" and a "lesbian."
Did the NRA’s Dana Loesch Tweet That CNN’s Rick Sanchez Was ‘Fired by a Jew?’
27 February 2018 A tweet posted in 2010 by NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch about a fired CNN reporter was criticized several years later as anti-Semitic.
Did Trump Tweet in 2015 That the President Should Be Shot Out of a Cannon if the ‘Dow Joans’ Tanks?
5 February 2018 A fake tweet attributed to President Donald Trump was meant to be a joke, but this is 2018.
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