It seems there has been a flurry of Sexual harassment hoaxes floating about lately..all aimed at Democratic politicians--the latest lie to be spread is that Pelosi is resigning due to sexual harassment charges:
Phony Pelosi Harassment Story - FactCheck.org
Q: Is Rep. Nancy Pelosi planning to step down amid sexual harassment allegations?
A: No. There have been no such claims made publicly against Pelosi.
FULL ANSWER
Allegations of sexual harassment have already felled at least one U.S. senator and two congressmen. Now come the hoaxes.
A forged court document made to look like Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer had been accused of sexual harassment in 2012 was recently presented to several media outlets. Schumer has asked the Capitol Police to investigate.
Before that, a conservative operative peddled a false story to the Washington Post in an apparent effort to discredit the paper and its coverage of sexual misconduct allegations leveled against Republican Roy Moore, who lost a special U.S. Senate election in Alabama on Dec. 12.
And a dozen questionable websites have published a story claiming that House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will leave her post before the end of the year after five men and one woman accused her of sexual harassment. That’s not true, either.
Facebook users flagged the latter story as potentially false.
It originated on a website called Patriot Post, which describes itself as satirical, and has a disclaimer that says: “Everything on this website is fiction.” But none of the other sites that picked up the story has such a disclaimer."
There seems to be a pattern here that I've seen before..an initial Satire/humor site post..with the appropriate disclaimers--and then some disreputable websites picking the story up and re-posting it as fact..
Phony Pelosi Harassment Story - FactCheck.org
Q: Is Rep. Nancy Pelosi planning to step down amid sexual harassment allegations?
A: No. There have been no such claims made publicly against Pelosi.
FULL ANSWER
Allegations of sexual harassment have already felled at least one U.S. senator and two congressmen. Now come the hoaxes.
A forged court document made to look like Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer had been accused of sexual harassment in 2012 was recently presented to several media outlets. Schumer has asked the Capitol Police to investigate.
Before that, a conservative operative peddled a false story to the Washington Post in an apparent effort to discredit the paper and its coverage of sexual misconduct allegations leveled against Republican Roy Moore, who lost a special U.S. Senate election in Alabama on Dec. 12.
And a dozen questionable websites have published a story claiming that House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will leave her post before the end of the year after five men and one woman accused her of sexual harassment. That’s not true, either.
Facebook users flagged the latter story as potentially false.
It originated on a website called Patriot Post, which describes itself as satirical, and has a disclaimer that says: “Everything on this website is fiction.” But none of the other sites that picked up the story has such a disclaimer."
There seems to be a pattern here that I've seen before..an initial Satire/humor site post..with the appropriate disclaimers--and then some disreputable websites picking the story up and re-posting it as fact..
