Needless to say, a certain variety of Twitter bluecheck couldn’t help themselves on this story. Here’s @shannonrwatts of Moms Demand Action.pic.twitter.com/ZJ9aCKyIUi
Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him
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Needless to say, a certain variety of Twitter bluecheck couldn’t help themselves on this story. Here’s @shannonrwatts of Moms Demand Action.pic.twitter.com/ZJ9aCKyIUi
This sentiment was pretty widespread because it just fit the narrative perfectly - “look at these dumb hicks and their horse medication!” right, @dabeard?pic.twitter.com/rLpox5yuK0
@DrJasonJohnson took the conspiracy theory a step further, suggesting that Senator Inhofe was somehow profiting (?) from the situation that wasn’t actually taking place.
Dr. Johnson, I think you owe @JimInhofe an apology.pic.twitter.com/Ak6jYZvegk
And plenty of actual bad actors got involved in pushing this one, too. I don’t know how @DrEricDing hasn’t been kicked off of Twitter by now. He’s a bottomless well of misinformation.pic.twitter.com/8FA6ABNTTu
He’s got me blocked but @joncoopertweets continues to be one of the worst, most dishonest people on this platform.pic.twitter.com/YTBw5MhigP
Obligatory @kurteichenwald mention.pic.twitter.com/ABFdSXiEzP
I won’t pretend I expected much from either @dailykos or @OccupyDemocrats but both of these are pretty egregious.pic.twitter.com/HieAh0Ofsz
I don’t usually include people who aren’t verified but I couldn’t resist this one.
@RVAwonk is a postdoc studying “mis/disinformation” and had a whole thread *actively pushing disinformation*pic.twitter.com/5qFL6OOqCK
There were simply too many people to break each of them out as their own tweet.
Here we’ve got:
@justinbaragona
@PoliticusSarah
@georgehahn (again with the narrative)
@timmarchmanpic.twitter.com/zHsB4aCVMp
See what I’m saying?
@mims
@EoinHiggins_ (quickly becoming a thread favorite)
@GidMK (“health nerd”)
@AngryBlackLady (this is definitely an illustrative example of something, just not the thing that you think it is)pic.twitter.com/QTfwvJlAFD
Interesting that in a thread about misinformation you fail to note the tweets I added almost immediately after the original with precisely what you've pointed out Guess we're all guilty of a bit of exaggeration for effectpic.twitter.com/2LaYWyMAVF
Is your original tweet making the false claim still up?
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