Soapbox

Many political opinion pieces circulate with no identifying authorship or publication information, or with credits mistakenly attributing them to the wrong sources. In this section we attempt to set the record straight on those counts for some of the more widely-circulated pieces.

Did Tennis Star Serena Williams Write the Viral ‘I’m Sick of COVID-19’ Post? A person by that name definitely posted the message.

False

Is This Trump’s ‘Congressional Reform Act of 2017’? This is one of those ideas that really shouldn't be passed around.

False

Did Comedian Steve Harvey Praise President Trump as a Politically Incorrect ‘Fixer’? Facebook users attributed an unusual analogy about "raccoons" to "Steve Harvey" in early 2019. But...

Misattributed

Did Hal Lundgren Write an Open Letter to Lebron James? We're skeptical that an open letter criticizing NBA star Lebron James was actually penned by...

Unproven

Wedding cake with figurines of two men in suits on top.

Did a Tennessee Hardware Store Put Up a ‘No Gays Allowed’ Sign? The store that put up the sign in 2015 was back in the news several...

Mostly True

Did Mike Huckabee Complain About Michelle Wolf After Mocking ‘Triggers’ on Twitter? Two tweets by the former GOP presidential candidate were combined to highlight a discrepancy in...

True

Letter to General Motors A caustic letter from the president of Knox Machinery took the president of General Motors...

True

Andy Rooney’s Political Views A supposed transcript of the late '60 Minutes' commentator Andy Rooney's explaining his political views...

Misattributed

Did History Professor Heather Richardson Posit the Immigration Ban Was a ‘Shock Event’? A viral Facebook post holding that President Trump's controversial immigration ban was a "shock event"...

Correct Attribution