Earlier today, Twitchy reported on the latest Twitter Files revelations which provided insight into how the government worked with Twitter to silence dissenting opinions on COVID. California congressman, Ted Lieu, took to Twitter to try to paint the news drop as misinformation but instead dropped some misinformation of his own.
Ted got fact checked … hard. In lieu of correcting his false information, Lieu simply deleted the tweet and tried to move on, as if nothing had happened.
Here’s the now-deleted tweet.
In particular, people took issue with Lieu’s last sentence:
COVID appears to be a leading cause of death for children.
This reply spelled out the misinformed congressman’s mistake.
@tedlieu The preprint you linked to has actually been re-written as a result of my critique because it is seriously flawed and inaccurate. You linked to the old version. https://t.co/wu6NBfzaL6
— Kelley K (@KelleyKga) December 26, 2022
The KelleyKga account was also highlighted in the latest Twitter Files as one that had been flagged by Twitter for ‘misleading’ information, despite sharing accurate information.
We have to assume the government’s tag-team censorship efforts were largely successful. They certainly confused Ted Lieu. He’s still sharing the misinformation.
27. Tellingly, the tweet by @KelleyKga that was labeled “Misleading” was a reply to a tweet that contained actual misinformation.
Covid has never been the leading cause of death from disease in children. Yet that tweet remains on the platform, and without a “misleading” label. pic.twitter.com/vK5NpWg8KT
— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022
Elon Musk called out Ted Lieu after this this full-bodied fact check.
Ted is linking to misleading data @CommunityNotes
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 26, 2022
As you might have guessed, the internet was not going to let Lieu off the hook easy.
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Amazing. https://t.co/I1YqVVEMlD pic.twitter.com/vkhs9OWPKf
— The Cobra Commander 15 (@cobracommandr15) December 26, 2022
Yes, amazing. Ted Lieu tweeted that COVID appears to be a leading cause of death among children and then shortly after claims he didn’t say exactly that. WHAT?!? LOL.
So you deleted your previous tweet and revised it due to @KelleyKga’s fact checking? That really says so much…
Also your tweet is still misleading just FYI.https://t.co/5iCkTQulOu
— Kristen Mag (@kristenmag) December 26, 2022
Perhaps a congressman who doesn’t appear to know what he’s talking about shouldn’t be lecturing people on medical decisions?
You are an embarrassment to Congress
— Matt DeLuca (@MattDeLuca) December 26, 2022
Accurate.
Dear @tedlieu. You speak with the certainty of someone who hasn’t deleted several incorrect tweets in just the past few hours pic.twitter.com/9WSVo3IwYE
— Noah Boddy (@NoahBoddyJr) December 26, 2022
Exactly. Clowns like Lieu share bad information, deletes it when proven wrong, doesn’t apologize for his mistake or even acknowledge what he did, and then jumps right back into the fray, brazenly pretending he’s an expert.
Qualifications:
Kulldorff: Prof. of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Member of the US FDA's Drug Safety & Risk Management Advisory, former member of Vaccine Safety Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC.
Teddy Lieu: Watches 'Doogie Howser, MD' reruns.
— Who Hired Ray Epps? (@MargaritaDali1) December 26, 2022
HAHA! Doogie was smarter than Ted.
Hi Ted will you be issuing a correction to this tweet as the authors issued a correction to the outdated study you shared, or will you continue to parrot fraudulent data because it aligns with your priors? I’ll hang up and listen https://t.co/hB2gHa2Swk
— Eric (@The_OtherET) December 26, 2022
We’re not going to hold our breath.
It's embarassing that the CDC and the great Ted Lieu have repeatedly and seriously owned by a mom who actually understands data.
— 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 (@txsalth2o) December 26, 2022
Ted Lieu provides a great example of why the American people should be concerned that government was trying to suppress dissenting voices.
Bad information can be combatted with good information. Clueless politicians like Lieu only further erode public trust when they pull stunts like this.
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