So this woman finds a video on the internet, edits out everything but a couple of clips, then claims the guy's name is "global warming".
A perfect example of FAKE NEWS.
As authorities on the West Coast battle ferocious wildfires, they're also having to contend with unfounded conspiracy theories tying the blazes not to climate change, but left-wing agitators.
www.buzzfeednews.com
"Amid the swirling falsehoods, the
FBI has had to intervene, releasing a statement on Friday making clear that reports of "extremists" being behind the fires had been investigated and were
found to be untrue. "Conspiracy theories and misinformation take valuable resources away [from] local fire and police agencies working around the clock to bring these fires under control," the FBI's Portland division said."
"We are inundated with questions about things
that are FAKE stories," the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post. "One example is a story circulating that varies about what group is involved as to setting fires and arrests being made. THIS IS NOT TRUE!"
" Arson arrests during fire season are
nothing new.
Some involve people with mental illness or pyromaniac compulsions, others are people being careless "
False claims that antifascists are starting forest fires have been spread by supporters of President Donald Trump.
theintercept.com
"
False claims that antifascists are starting forest fires have been spread by supporters of President Donald Trump. "
" “Rumors spread just like wildfire and now our 9-1-1 dispatchers and professional staff are being overrun with requests for information and inquiries on an UNTRUE rumor that 6 Antifa members have been arrested for setting fires,” the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Roseburg, Oregon
wrote on Facebook on Thursday. “
THIS IS NOT TRUE! Unfortunately, people are spreading this rumor and it is causing problems.”
Facebook moved on Saturday to stem the flow of misinformation. “We are
removing false claims that the wildfires in Oregon were started by certain groups,” Andy Stone, a Facebook spokesperson,
wrote on Twitter. “This is based on confirmation from law enforcement that these rumors are forcing local fire and police agencies to divert resources from fighting the fires and protecting the public.”
Oregon’s governor said there were concerns for dozens of people reported missing in a state where more than a million acres have burned. California and Washington State are also battling fires.
www.nytimes.com
" Law-enforcement officials across the state said they had been swamped with calls about social-media misinformation and begged people to
“STOP. SPREADING. RUMORS!”
Facebook is removing reports of far-left arson after a sheriff’s officer was filmed saying Antifa were ‘out causing hell’
www.independent.co.uk
" “What we’re seeing in many of these cases is a friend of a friend of a friend said this,” Mr Roberts said, according to
Oregon Public Broadcasting. “And when we get to the bottom of it,
it is completely blown out of proportion.”
"Facebook said on Saturday it would censor posts claiming the Oregon wildfires were started by certain groups, following c
onfirmation from law enforcement that the rumours were forcing fire and police to divert resources. "
filmdaily.co
