1/5 #FACTCHECK
Myth: Antifa and BLM members are setting fires in Oregon.
Fact: Witnesses are seeing members of the Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, setting backfires to counter the wildfires.
blm.gov/programs/fire-…
2/5 It is hard to know how much of this is people purposely spreading #disinformation and how much is ignorant people spreading #misinformation.
Many note that they find it unlikely locals have never seen the Bureau of Land Management at work before.
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5/5 Naturally, #QAnonsense is involved in this #disinformation campaign. cnn.com/2020/09/11/tec…
Officials battle online misinformation along with wildfires
Some posts blamed far-left antifa activists and others claimed the far-right group the Proud Boys was responsible for the fires scorching wide swaths of the region.
Neither are true.
gazettetimes.com/news/state-and…
Joe Rogan IS right-wing. Here he is pushing the QAnon/MAGA conspiracy theory to his millions of listeners that the Oregon fires were started by left-wing activists.
F%$K Joe Rogan.
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