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  • 2017-12-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Roy Moore Receive 953 Votes to Doug Jones' 5,327 in a Town of 1,867 Registered Voters? (en)
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  • On 14 December 2017 a rapidly-moving Facebook rumor appeared to claim that a high-profile Senate race in Alabama two days before, in which Republican pick Roy Moore (who lost the election) received 953 votes and Doug Jones earned 5,327 — in a town of just 1,867 registered voters: Early versions provided a name of the town (Bordalama), but most simply stated the purported tallies and nearly none of them had any corroborating information at all: Although the rumor spread like wildfire, most of its appearances didn't include a town name (and the ones that did include the town named Bordalama, which does not exist) or any identifying details. The source of the claim was an article published by LadiesofLiberty.net, which mentioned the also nonexistent State Election Board of Voting Integrity: The claim was quickly picked up by other blogs, but without Ladies of Liberty's disclaimer: A Facebook page embedded at the end suggested that the fake news site is yet another linked to the Last Line of Defense, Our Land of the Free, and As American as Apple Pie — all sites with a stated mission of making conservative social media users look foolish by inducing them to spread outlandish lies. (en)
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