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Pfizer causes Freak-outs??? Twitter goes wild with claims
There are plenty of claims spread across the media that the COVID vaccine Pfizer can cause a multitude of health problems, including seizing or spasms. One video shared by James Cintolo, who claims in his Twitter bio to be a medical expert, shows a woman convulsing — he called the video “urgent” despite a Twitter…
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Misinformation causes hesitancy on covid 19 vaccines leading to around 2800 deaths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBue4D186h0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBue4D186h0 This article illustrated the concept because it is disinformation that is hiding the truth and causing deaths due to social media.
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REPTILIAN shapeshifter caught on live tv!!
_ https://www.tiktok.com/@lindsayivan/video/7256903831747906821?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7281768550751323694 _
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Twitter post
This post indicates that politicians are scamming you. This is disinformation because it gives both sides which pulls both sides into the post. But also because thinking politicians are scamming you and that we are going into world war III can cause panic and worry which can lead to serious cases of anxiety.
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Ohio officer given Narcan after being exposed to drugs during arrest
In the viral video posted on Facebook, it was shown that an officer saved a colleague’s life while he was overdosing. The officer noticed his partner showing the signs of an overdose during an arrest of a female that was in possession of fentanyl which caused the officers to assume the drug the caused the…
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Democrats Push for State Gun Limits After Electoral Win, Mass Shooting
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/democrats-push-for-state-gun-limits-after-electoral-win-mass-shooting-c89b6e99 In this article it displays these concepts because it is democrats going back and forth about what they believe is right when it comes to gun violence. Therefore no changes are happening in the government to help the out of control gun issue in America. Republicans on one hand are saying they don't see…
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Do Something, Anything, About Gun Violence
https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-something-anything-about-gun-violence-1507239196 This article demonstrates polarization because the republicans and democrats are being separated and a rift is forming on the issue gun violence and control. A man named Jehuda Greener said, "Looking at Chicago’s problem would invite close inspection of some 50 years of Democratic rule". In this statement he is essentially claiming that the…
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Hispanicmom’s Twitter Repost
https://twitter.com/hispanicmom/status/1379795921530130434 This source discredits George Floyd's death by blaming it on a fentanyl overdose, which is also a conspiracy theory. It also discredits and polarizes Democrats by claiming they "manipulate and exploit" people.
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Bedford Republicans Twitter Comment
https://twitter.com/BedfordGOP/status/1774272558629613837 This post is clearly biased. It discredits Democrats by saying they do not care about the public, which is also false. This post also falls under polarization, as it is generalizing both Democrats and immigrants by blaming the harms of fentanyl on them.
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The Gun Violence Archive is using disinformation to push a false narrative about school shootings & gun violence
https://www.reddit.com/r/gunpolitics/comments/19e66fe/the_gun_violence_archive_is_using_disinformation/ This source shows immunity to evidence because they choose to nitpick instead of look at all of the times the GVA got gun violence statistics correct. I’d argue nefarious intent because they are telling people what they want to hear to get them unfairly angry about a problem that while it does exist, does…
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