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Were some people too ready to believe this ‘news’?
H/T Climate Change Dispatch / Daily Caller
When the Badlands National Park’s official Twitter account began publishing posts on global warming, news outlets frantically ran headlines about a defiant federal agency sticking it to the Trump administration.
The media’s fever-pitch only increased once the tweets were taken offline, with some celebrities joining the fray and tweeting about the “fascism” and “censorship” being pushed by the Trump administration.
Reporters pointed out the Badlands tweets came after the Trump administration issued a “gag order” to federal employees, preventing them from talking to the press, issuing official statements on social media. “With new rules like this in place, where’s the public going to get its scientific information?” opined New York magazine writer Madison Malone Kircher.
It turns out, Badlands National Park wasn’t trying to defy Trump. A former employee “compromised” the park’s Twitter account to post about global warming. Moreover, the Trump administration did not ask the park to remove the tweets, they did so voluntarily.
But that was before media outlets ran stories about a defiant federal agency tweeting out scientific “facts” in the face of a gag order. That didn’t happen.
Here are some of the most sensational media headlines about the Badlands tweets:
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The Washington Post got caught out…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/24/for-a-few-hours-badlands-national-parks-was-bad-to-the-bone-in-defiance-of-trump/
Weren’t journalists supposed to check their sources – or was that before Twitter? 😐
The WaPo has been reduced to that of sock puppet for a billionaire who is using it to protect himself from anti-Trust legal actions by the Trump Administration.
If one considers what most billionaires want: more billions for themselves, their odd positions on trade, energy, cliamte and immigration become more comprehensible.
The ‘rogue’ workers are now tweeting from an “Alternative Parks Service” account.
http://www.dw.com/en/national-parks-service-workers-play-trump-at-his-own-game/a-37275722
The headlines shown are so similar it reeks of the usual behind the scenes coordinated effort to be on message.
The BBC doesn’t seem to have worked out what happened yet. They want to be the internet’s self-styled ‘fake news’ watchdog?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38746608
Upsurge of new Twitter accounts pushing climate alarm propaganda.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/25/rogue-pro-science-protest-sites-are-sticking-up-for-federal-research/
Chinese create fake Trump tweets as jokes and New Year wishes
Even though Twitter is banned on the mainland, users are creating millions of fake @realdonaldtrump tweets in Chinese and English and posting them on social media
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2065786/chinese-create-fake-trump-tweets-jokes-and-new-year-wishes