Thread by @bellingcat

It's #InternationalFactcheckingDay

We're also currently in a global crisis

So on our Patreon, @NataliaAntonova and @IwriteOK decided to provide some comic relief by discussing the funniest person we've ever fact-checked — Jacob Wohl

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@NataliaAntonova @IwriteOK Jacob Wohl's failures as a grifter have not deterred him

He just keeps going

And going

This is from today, via @JaredHolt

@NataliaAntonova @IwriteOK @JaredHolt Don't get us wrong, the tenacity of Jacob Wohl's grift is also a sad commentary on how easily disinformation can become a career for some people — but Wohl is just comically bad at this stuff.

This via @JacobWohlReport

@NataliaAntonova @IwriteOK @JaredHolt @JacobWohlReport An inept grifter is the best kind of grifter

Yet this does not mean that real people don't get hurt by the grift — they do and they have (as we discuss on Bellingchat, via our Patreon).

This is why we continue to keep an eye on Jacob Wohl, and you should too.

@NataliaAntonova @IwriteOK @JaredHolt @JacobWohlReport If you're like us, celebrating #FactCheckingDay

— Or if you're not like us, but would like to be — 

Remember, we have resources for you. Especially resources that can help in a serious crisis (which Jacob Wohl previously dismissed, of course)

bellingcat.com/resources/2020…

@NataliaAntonova @IwriteOK @JaredHolt @JacobWohlReport If you support us on Patreon — you get access to all of our cool Bellingchats

The next one will be a somber one, as we discuss coronavirus fakes

For now, though, let the funnier stuff tide you over. You need it. We need it. Everyone needs it.

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