‘Green New Deal. Pray For Texas.’ As millions of Texans lost electricity, a coordinated disinformation campaign attempted to shift the blame to renewable energy.
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Forget to Vote for Her Own Green New Deal? On March 29 2019 a Facebook page shared the following meme (archived here), asserting that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez failed to vote for her own bill (the “Green New Deal“): https://www.facebook.com/Trumpsmyguy/posts/2749042525121003 Across a photograph of Ocasio-Cortez (with a pejorative term “stamped” on her forehead), it read: THE FACE YOU MAKE WHEN YOU LOSE 0-57 THEN RELIZE YOU […]
‘Bit Windy Today’ Wind Turbine Failure Video On February 22 2019, the Facebook page “What did I just see?” shared a video (linked here) captioned “Bit windy today,” purportedly depicting the failure of a wind turbine during an intense weather event: https://www.facebook.com/WHATDIDIJUSTSEEE/videos/2190080874541983/?__xts__[0]=68.ARB-I0owaETpyOLgYm8rS_Cfp_VvmdoItPuqa2x3fyXYwyTPI6FNDtiPeDrjsa3DwvUPAiMAtWBrfiOqfSMrsmufNl4ryBIHge67Vw3s09KlGTYecvo2SMecUBVfyfv9PQHC68p0DuOIHcVCJUJV8eQdpnprhp5a6zf66q501fiFeRSzTRzgZI5EhsAlWms5hQH49WiZFoHCrk922VtF7-2kwLWNmT8l0pHXsdFMflEcdJZek-rJEDi8-QKXh6qhv2gqhyOhCbd7RprBwTNEn58_YGtai7mYK-UQjDnkKjjhuOTJkeGijCwTvTIFSIFETvHpvUTp9FpIpXcnNBkzcwqSi6WecsesxJp4Iw&__tn__=-R The clip quickly spiked to millions of views and over 100,000 shares, and commenters were divided over whether it was […]
