Tag: misinterpreted

Parents sue Tennessee governor and school district, claiming kids were punished after officials misinterpreted state statute

Two families have filed a federal lawsuit against Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Williamson County School District, claiming their middle school kids were arrested, strip-searched, placed in solitary confinement, forced to undergo evaluations and placed on house arrest after officials misinterpreted a Tennessee statute and claimed that conversations between peers were “threats of mass […]

KFC ad misinterpreted online, stirring false Israel-Hamas claims

Social media users are claiming a KFC social media promotion mocked Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war. This is false; the US fast-food chain said its since-deleted posts, which used the hashtag “NoTentsJustChicken,” referenced online chatter about a government agency’s missing tent in Antigua and Barbuda, a Caribbean nation — not the conflict in Gaza. […]