memes

Meme alleging Trump said “Africans Are Lazy, Good at Sex, Theft” is a hoax

I’ve seen this meme shared by several FB friends in the past few days. It’s clearly a hoax. It was…

4 years ago

Meme unfairly blames “protesters” for four crimes

A Facebook meme that claims "3 of these 4 honorable men were killed by 'protesters'" is false. I don't mean…

5 years ago

Minneapolis protest cleanup: Did you share this meme without fact-checking it? (Don’t spread fake news about the news.)

A Facebook meme with 52k reactions and 37k shares includes pictures of volunteers cleaning the streets in Minneapolis, the day…

5 years ago

Write instructions for busy grouches.

Updating the graphic for a writing handout on how to write instructions, which I created in 2000.

5 years ago

The Curtains Were Blue: In Which I Fix Another Meme.

Above is my response to a meme that makes some shaky assumptions about the purpose of an English classroom. Exploring…

6 years ago

Journalism 101: I fixed this meme for you.

I can sympathize with the sentiment, but the top part of this meme (the white text on black background) is…

6 years ago