You blame "THE MEDIA" for being alarmist for reporting the facts of what's taking place then go and share these game of telephone rumors? Stop blaming your local reporter, blame your own people for inciting panic.
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I don't know who's sharing these BS screenshots of text messages, but it's always a friend of a friend of an aunt that magically knows someone in the FBI/CDC/CIA somehow and has the scoop on a coronavirus lockdown. Stop spreading this chain mail crap, we're worse than Boomers.pic.twitter.com/gUnLZcsnvG
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Could all these things happen? Sure. Will you find out from Andrea's co-workers aunt's nephew that has a totally not secret job at the NSA? Not likely.
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Here's one that was going around NYC last weekhttps://twitter.com/FreddiGoldstein/status/1238188241968336903?s=19 …
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Now the clergy is getting involved!https://twitter.com/herrmanndigital/status/1239412157034287111?s=19 …
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And the NSC had to get involved and issue a tweet because of these ridiculous fake
#coronavirus text messages going aroundhttps://twitter.com/WHNSC/status/1239398218292748292 …Show this thread -
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Now Senator Marco Rubio is having to dispel rumors in Florida and beyondhttps://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1239553159154057216 …
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FEMA is now on the board, added to the list of government agencies friends work for giving sensitive information about a possible
#coronavirus national quarantinepic.twitter.com/iaETPCw5t0
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"from a friend: i just got this from a friend and two other friends that have friends in Congress" I think we've hit a new record on number of people in this game of
#coronavirus misinformation telephone https://twitter.com/TNDem23/status/1239585084430266368 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread -
Time to add a Miami lifestyle page with over 750,000 followers on Instagram to the list of people and accounts spreading these rumorshttps://twitter.com/__SteveG/status/1239600972260835328 …
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President Trump just said the government is not considering a national lockdown or quarantine
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Oooh we have one that JUST got out of a briefing!https://twitter.com/ravenlynne/status/1239650542453960705?s=19 …
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Same message is being spread in Dutch, everyone has government sources y'all!https://twitter.com/IGORWUZHERE/status/1239654498051776517?s=19 …
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Just got sent this same message from a friend, after all of these have been debunked. Again, research "friend of a friend" chain messages and try to make sure your information comes from reputable sources.pic.twitter.com/94zaQOSlRq
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Now we know who was sharing these screenshot messages about the national guard shutting down towns and whatever other stuff in this thread (h/t
@JasonKerepesi)https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/politics/coronavirus-china-disinformation.html …Show this thread
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