To guard yourself against misinformation surrounding #MidtermElections2022, consider these trends that we've seen in the past after elections. (THREAD) 👇
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This false rumor that Neil Armstrong cryptically uttered "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky" as he first stepped onto the moon began circulating online in the mid-90s. 👇
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A brand new Twitter account that paid for verification pretended to be LeBron James tweeting he was leaving the Lakers. The credible-looking tweet quickly received thousands of engagements before the account was able to be suspended by Twitter.
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✅ It's true that an excerpt from "Mein Kampf," Adolf Hitler's manifesto, was published in New York Times Magazine in 1941 under the title "The Art of Propaganda."
❌ The piece cannot accurately be described as an "op-ed."
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Note: Our fact-checkers are combing the internet for election-related misinformation and debunking suspicious claims in real time. Stay tuned for updates.
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5. Isolated problems with voting equipment aren't indicative of a widespread conspiracy to undermine the vote. snopes.com/news/2022/11/0
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4. It's not unique for federal officials to monitor what's happening at polls. snopes.com/news/2022/11/0
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3. Changes in voter margins after election night aren't evidence of a nefarious scheme. snopes.com/fact-check/ele
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2. Some states, such as Arizona and Illinois, allow voters to use Sharpie-brand pens to fill out ballots.
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1. No state has completed, nor finalized, vote counting on election night in recent history.
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Pause the scroll. Keep these 5 things in mind when sharing or responding to posts about #Midterms2022. (THREAD) 👇 snopes.com/collections/co
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The full quote read, "We're going to show Nancy Pelosi the door very shortly. Don't let it hit you on the backside, Nancy. She's losing the gavel but finding the hammer. Too soon? Is that too soon? I didn't know. I just didn't know."
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✅ True. Of Republican candidates in the 2022 midterms, Trump said, "I think if they win, I should get all the credit, and if they lose, I should not be blamed at all.”
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✅ True. Last night, Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs joked that Nancy Pelosi was "losing the gavel but finding the hammer," a reference to the attack on her husband, Paul.
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✅ True. Yesterday, Donald Trump said, "I think if they win, I should get all the credit, and if they lose, I should not be blamed at all.”
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While the “sacrifice school children” tweet was fake, the Florida politician caused controversy at around the same time with a genuine tweet. ⬇️
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An ad on Yahoo led to a slideshow article that lasted 220 pages. We clicked "next page" 220 times so you don't have to.
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Despite citing no sources, evidence, or links of any kind, the three tweets that pushed this rumor still received a massive number of shares. Combined, they were retweeted a total of more than 68,000 times and received more than 244,000 likes.
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According to the rumor, the 2022 Kentucky Derby winner, Sonny Leon, turned down an invitation to the White House, saying, “If I wanted to see a horse’s ass, I would have finished second.”
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✅ True. Frank Oz was the performer behind the popular film/television characters of Yoda, Grover, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Cookie Monster, and Bert.
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As users posted photos from the "New Profile Pic" app, a piece of mobile software that uses artificial intelligence to create profile pics, messages started circulating on social media claiming that this app was some sort of Russian malware scam.
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✅ True. These are real articles from as far back as 1894 showing people expressing variations of the phrase, “Nobody wants to work anymore.”
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Notice anything different about Snopes.com recently?
We've launched new technology — that is, an improved content management system (CMS) — to increase the speed of our website and reduce ads.
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Our fact-checkers are combing the internet for election-related misinformation and debunking suspicious claims in real time.
This page is a growing collection of that work, and we'll update it as we publish more articles. 👇
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🚨 Watch out for these types of rumors:
1. Claims of results showing more votes than there were registered voters.
2. Stories about voters using the IDs of dead people to vote more than once.
3. False conclusions about the timing of election results.
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You unlock this door with the key of imagination...
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Former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social: "The Absentee Ballot situation in Detroit is REALLY BAD. People are showing up to Vote only to be told, 'sorry, you have already voted.'"
Here are the facts. 👇
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These rumors generally held that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ credit card had been leaked online by a restaurant server. Many social media users furthered the claim by alleging that they had made various purchases with his card.
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Bad actors often cite press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) about monitoring elections to sow paranoia about the integrity of the voting process, and suggest that that monitoring is new or suspicious. It is, in reality, neither.
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Federal law prohibits non-citizens from voting in federal elections.
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Here are the facts behind claims that vote-tabulation machines in Maricopa County, Arizona, had trouble reading ballots in the early hours of Election Day. 👇
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Entertainer Ed McMahon never worked for Publishers Clearing House. This is an example of a false memory, known as the “Mandela Effect.”
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If this claim about Sharpies and ballots feels a little bit familiar, it's because this same non-issue was raised during the 2020 presidential election.
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❌ Nope. No state has released complete and final results on election night in recent history.
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If a candidate appears to be winning tonight after polls close — only for the underdog to eventually win the race tomorrow — that's not an indication of sketchy behavior by voters or poll workers. snopes.com/fact-check/ele
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Some states begin counting mail-in and absentee ballots early, whereas others wait to start tabulating votes until polls close on election night. snopes.com/fact-check/ele
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