Woozle/2021/10/30
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subject: Nextdoor disinformation log
I don't know why this didn't occur to me before: every time I run across a false or misleading statement in the pol groups here on Nextdoor, I'm going to log it in this post.
Others should feel free to add their own in the comments -- though if those call-outs are themselves found to be wrong or misleading, I will log them here as well (and possibly remove the comment or the commenter, as I see fit).
So far, newest to oldest:
2021-10-30 Jeff Dorscher
claimed that CNN didn't cover a thing that they did in fact cover:
- claim: https://nextdoor.com/p/3XnggC45wys3?view=detail
- reality: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/10/30/youngkin-rally-tiki-stunt-lincoln-project-cpt-sot-vpx.cnn (this link is easily findable by searching the web for "CNN Lincoln Project stunt")
2021-10-29 Dennis Sharp
claimed that the inventor of the gerrymander was a Democrat; this is factually wrong, *and* would be irrelevant even if there had been a Democratic Party in 1812 and Gerry had belonged to it.
- claim https://nextdoor.com/p/SMRHFQpFJhQM/c/677720581?utm_source=share
- reality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbridge_Gerry
2021-09-17 Debbie Balch
posted a screenshot of OANN's "FDA fetal heads" nonsense: