This hugely "viral" tweet is false, and the person who composed it admits she has no evidence for its central claim: https://twitter.com/andreastonez/status/827271352893665283 …
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Since I wrote this post a few hours ago, the bogus tweet has been retweeted another ~8,000 times.
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Update: she's now deleted the tweet, after 40,000+ retweets, and who knows how many "quote tweets."pic.twitter.com/ucTtuZedlt
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Where'd she acknowledge that?
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OK. Now what about the tens of thousands of people who believe false information as a result of the tweet?
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I have no qualm with that larger point. I have a qualm with the specific (and false) claim in the tweet.
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Nobody has argued that you are not entitled to express opinions. Complete red herring. The issue is spreading false info.
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Falsehood has become the liberal media MO.
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Don't you feel as a representative of a journalism school, you should be held to a standard of basic factual accuracy?
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OK. I'm glad you have at least admitted that your massively "viral" tweet is factually false.
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coward spread fake news w/40k retweets and locks her account. FACE THE MUSIC ANDREA! U are fake mcfakey!
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Because the core factual claim of the tweet is explosive and shocking. If it were actually true, I'd retweet it too.
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Curious how many RTs may have been from bots
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I'd be glad to ask Trump about his errors if I ever get the chance. That's irrelevant to this discussion, however.
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Have a great evening.
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