{"id":45730,"date":"2020-08-23T15:01:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=45730"},"modified":"2020-08-23T15:01:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T19:01:06","slug":"fact-or-fake-one-egregious-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=45730","title":{"rendered":"Fact or fake: one egregious example"},"content":{"rendered":"

I learn all sorts of things on Twitter from real people, credible people — experts in law, governance, elections, science. You know, facts along with their opinions about those facts.<\/p>\n

So what is fake on Twitter?<\/p>\n

Just now I found a tweet from a guy I follow. What he reports is pretty startling. And I’m startled that I can still be startled over things like this.<\/p>\n

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That’s a photo of Mark Hertling.<\/a><\/p>\n

He’s a real person, with a powerful c.v., a retired lieutenant general who is an intelligence, security and terrorism analyst.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Here’s what he posted today on Twitter:<\/p>\n

Hey, @Twittersupport, <\/span>how about deleting this fake GOP congressman <\/span>@repstevensmith\u00a0<\/a><\/span> with 70k followers. He\u2019s repping himself as a member of Congress, from a district that doesn\u2019t exist, and he\u2019s spreading misinformation.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I’m up on trolls, Russian or otherwise. And I certainly know how to separate facts from fakes. But a fake congressman from a non-existent district? This is new to me. So I just checked to make sure of the facts.<\/p>\n

Yep, Gen. Hertling is right. There is no 15th Congressional District in Georgia;<\/a> ergo, no congressman representing it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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