BuzzFeed editor Brandon Wall accused Ben Shapiro of sharing a fake BuzzFeed screenshot meme that makes it look like the website published an article with the headline, “How Smiling Has Become The New Symbol Of White Supremacy:
Additional context: This Fake BuzzFeed screenshot is a meme circulating around MAGA World and has been shared by Ben Shapiro, Ian Miles Cheong, etc on Twitter https://t.co/8uWoCjW0O0
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) January 27, 2019
Except, that’s not exactly what happened. Shapiro retweeted conservative @jtLOL who had actually called it out for being a fake:
Ben Shapiro retweeted me saying it's fake. https://t.co/7qCxIzmOoJ
— … (@jtLOL) January 27, 2019
Well done, BuzzFeed. Again:
Not only did I point out that it's fake, I pointed out that it actually matters whether it's real or fake. https://t.co/9dx7sykcHy
— … (@jtLOL) January 27, 2019
Do better:
I don't want to say Buzzfeed didn't fire enough people, but their employees are so lazy that they don't fact-check whether people they see as enemies are spreading anti-Buzzfeed hoaxes or debunking them. https://t.co/9dx7sykcHy
— … (@jtLOL) January 27, 2019
And now police the fake Fox News memes:
Imagine this level of apoplexy about every fake Fox News screenshot I see on Reddit/Twitter/Facebook. https://t.co/zmcyt3Ly5Q
— neontaster (@neontaster) January 27, 2019
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