Something I Find Just Too Funny
By J.N.R Dutton
@jnrdutton (3447)
United States
August 26, 2019 10:26am CST
People often see something posted as news on Facebook or some other social media, and it makes someone they dislike look stupid or whatever, so in a fit of emotion (and often without fact checking) they re-share it.
Later, they find out is was nonsense, and THEY look foolish.
By the way, I've seen people on ALL sides of the political aisle do this. The funny thing is, fact checking is easier in this day & age than it's EVER been, but some people it seems just can't be bothered to do it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
26 Aug 19
I've also seen people quickly pop in with the actual facts. Like, someone will post something that (to most) is obviously fake / untrue, and someone else will pop in with a link to the truth. Sometimes the people popping in with said link do it in a "In your face" type of mindset.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
27 Aug 19
@jnrdutton
You are right. I have seen so many tell part of what happens and do not wait to tell the truth or what the truth really is. They need to get a story out any story and that is not right. They do not think or care of others who suffer from what they write and so people believe them before knowing the truth.
@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
26 Aug 19
There's a lot of political news out there that just isn't true. I just try and avoid it.
