In the lead-up to the November 2024 election, Swift shared an Instagram post following the September 10 presidential debate, publicly endorsing Harris. She urged her fans to do their own research and cast their vote, signing off as "Childless Cat Lady" -- a direct call out to controversial remarks made by Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance.
Swift had been largely silent on the election but said that she had been inspired to speak up after discovering altered and synthetic images showing her falsely endorsing Trump.
"I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!" Trump wrote in a September 15, Truth Social post less than a week after the singer's call to action brought in 405,999 visitors to the federal government's website Vote.gov.
Since then, Swift has become a target of many widespread falsities, including online reports that companies are pulling out of endorsement deals or banning the singer, with her tour facing great financial losses -- many of which stem from parody.
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Screenshots of Facebook posts taken September 20, 2024
Although some Facebook posts are clearly labeled as satire, others are not -- an example of what the News Literacy Project calls "stolen satire," or "a satirical story that is removed from its original context and presented online without an immediately apparent disclaimer." AFP examined the claims below:
"Coca-Cola Cuts Ties With Taylor Swift Over Harris Endorsement, 'We Don't Support Her Endorsement,'" says a September 16, 2024 Facebook post...
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