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Publication: Capitol Riot
Truth or Fiction?→ Third January 6 Hearings Looks at Pressure, Disinformation Campaigns to Overturn Election
The third hearing by the House committee investigating the January 6 2021 insurrection focused on the pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election — and the deeply corrosive weaponized narratives which undergirded the attempt. The
Truth or Fiction?→ Police Officers’ Testimony Refutes Right Wing Capitol Riot Disinformation
The testimony of four law enforcement officers before a House select committee on July 27 2021 provided another yet another clear refutation to the disinformation pushed by right-wing outlets and operatives surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol on
Poynter→ Trump said there were ‘no guns whatsoever’ at the Capital riot. But some defendants were armed, documents show.
President Donald Trump claimed on Fox News that there were no guns in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. During an on-air conversation with Trump on July 11, “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo twice broached
Poynter→ The riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was not a ‘completely peaceful protest’
INSURRECTION DEBUNKED,” begins a June 1 headline on the blog Gateway Pundit. “New video shows completely peaceful protest inside US Capitol on Jan. 6.” The footage shows people milling around the Capitol, some carrying Trump flags
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘AOC Announces She’s in Therapy’ and ‘Implies Lawmakers Effectively Served in War’ Interview Excerpt
A May 25 2021 WesternJournal.com editorial headlined, “AOC Announces She’s in Therapy After Jan. 6, Implies Lawmakers Effectively ‘Served in War,” began — as one might expect — with a lot of inaccuracies and general
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Richard Barnett Sentenced to 82 Months in Prison Without Parole?
A Twitter rumor stirred up hope that one of the men who joined the attack on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 was headed for prison, but the claim does not hold up in light of recent reporting on the case. On May 11 2021 the user reposted the now-infam
Poynter→ Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld Trump’s ban. Fact-checkers are mixed on its impact
Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the platform’s permanent ban of former President Donald Trump’s account for now, but said that while Trump did create an “an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible,” it was unjust to keep h
Truth or Fiction?→ Was Ashli Babbitt’s Death ‘Exposed as a Hollywood Stunt’?
A blog with a history of publishing weaponized disinformation attempted to use the death of one of the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 as grist for another conspiracy theory. The “story,” posted on Before It’s N
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a Florida Teacher Fired for Blaming the Capitol Riot on ‘Antifa’?
A Florida woman was dismissed from working as a substitute teacher for a Florida charter school system after she was caught on video attempting to justify the seditious January 6 2021 attack on the United States Capitol building. The unidentified woma