https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2020/05/26/cnns-jake-tapper-pushes-more-fake-coronavirus-news-about-memorial-day-crowds-n429582CNN's Jake Tapper Pushes More Fake Coronavirus News About Memorial Day CrowdsBY VICTORIA TAFT, MAY 26, 2020 7:16 PM EST
How much dishonesty can one tweet contain? A tweet Tuesday by CNN host Jake Tapper about coronavirus was so untethered from the truth that it was a difficult task to determine what was more dishonest, the photo or the message, or all of the above.
After the mercifully long Memorial Day weekend, CNN’s professional coronavirus scold took beachgoers to task for failing to socially distance. ...
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Here’s the photo he and CNN used to make the point about increasing numbers of Wuhan virus cases in “George, Arkansas, California and Alabama†due to failing to properly social distance.
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This fake news photo, for lack of a better term, certainly was a top reason to nix the tweet. Another was that it led people to believe that Memorial Day crowds, or any crowds, were to blame for increases in the coronavirus in Georgia, Arkansas, California and Alabama. The third thing question is were there increases in those states? And the fourth issue is the photo was taken…in Maryland.
As night follows day, the Ocean City, Maryland Mayor, Rick Meehan, called the photo misleading because he was there and saw what was really happening.
"Fake News" now has a companion,
Phake Photos!
