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@BrandyZadrozny
May 17, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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OK. So I've got a minute. Why Does Joe Rogan think Australia is trying to make growing your own food illegal? Let’s investigate.
He's not alone. Twitter search shows lots of folks claiming the same. A lot of the videos and tweets include a screenshot from something called Apex World News. tiktok.com/@awelloilednur…
So who is @apexworldnews? The account is a typical "breaking news" type of misinfo account. No ownership listed, spammy and unverified content. It does list a website. But ... expired. ImageImage
To the Wayback! Site looks junky, serves ads. And much of the content is authored by a "Grace Siwale." There is a person on Twitter with this name (not linking) and she shares a lot of Apex World News links. She's also deeply religious and a fan of one particular preacher. Image
Uebert Angel a British-Zimbabwean who preaches the prosperity gospel. ("God wants you to be rich and he'll make it so if you ... give me money?" I don't know just go with it.)
And a little Googling shows us that. Angel founded Apex in 2020. uebertangel.org/2020/07/17/pro… Image
The kind of thing you might read / see on Apex World News? Misinformation Madlibs:
Just for good measure, we can take a look at the website in DomainTools and see that Apex shares a mail server IP with other sites, including those that clearly belong to the preacher. Image
So, I wouldn't get my news from a so-called prophet's junk news site, but you know who might? Rogan fan, vaccine critic, Ivermectin-loving, friend of the IDW, Chris is a self described financial analyst & founder of a self-help/actualization thingie that's definitely not an MLM. ImageImageImage
Anyway, @joerogan. Don't get your news from here.

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Aug 15
I spent the week tracing how @SecKennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and reporting on a(nother) very chaotic week inside HHS.

Let me introduce you to the fringe doctors, anti-vaccine activists, and MAHA operatives behind the mRNA “debacle.”
First up: Secretary Kennedy, who once again rolled out a major anti-vaccine policy change via X post. He offered no evidence for his claims that mRNA vaccines were ineffective. No coordination with the White House. And all while on a MAHA tour of Alaska. Image
Enter Gray Delany. A MAHA true believer with MAGA credentials and RFK Jr. campaign ties.
He’d just been hired as director of MAHA implementation and external affairs—essentially a bridge in the HHS comms shop for a fractured base. Image
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Jun 4
I went to Seminole, Texas, after a measles outbreak tore through. Came back with a story about anti-vaccine activists at RFK Jr.-founded @ChildrensHD who exploited the crisis, doctors and public health officials working to contain it — and a community left to bear the cost. 🧵
The county had some of the lowest vaccination rates in the US, and rumors were spreading — some private schools had closed. When measles took hold, it spread fast, especially among Mennonite families who recently avoided vaccines. Image
For most Mennonite families who avoided vaccines, it wasn’t about religion. Their hesitancy came from experience — a disabled child, a search for answers, encounters with anti-vaccine doctors. These were called “mighty, mighty testimonies.” Image
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Jan 24
The whole story behind RFK Jr. & Samoa's measles crisis has never been reported. He wanted to study a "natural experiment" of unvaccinated kids.

“I can’t imagine anything less ethical or more cruel.”
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/r…
Samoa was on the brink of crisis. Vaccine rates had plummeted measles was spreading globally. Kennedy and CHD chief informatics officer (the doc behind a notoriously bad study in the U.S.) went with an offer: a data system that would track the outcome of unvaxxed vs vaxxed kids. Image
As measles spread, RFK Jr. coordinated with a local anti-vaccine activist—connecting him with a group of anti-vaxx doctors in the U.S. to treat Samoa’s sick children with unproven cures. As hospitals filled with dying children, Kennedy's group promoted vitamins over vaccines. Image
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Oct 16, 2024
For the last many months, I've been watching a Russian propaganda operation that researchers call Storm 1516, poring over the work of what is in effect, a disinformation production company. nbcnews.com/specials/russi…
It’s basically the notorious Internet Research Agency troll farm’s pivot to video. They rely on faked videos laundered through international news sources and influencers to reach a U.S. audience.
These videos, many featuring fake confessions and whistleblowers, are absurd, like the recent one from a park ranger claiming to have witnessed Kamala Harris kill a baby rhino on safari. They usually flop. nbcnews.com/specials/russi…Image
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Sep 13, 2024
I think a lot about the '80s and the moral panics that characterized the time. It's no surprise that we've so recently fallen for this immigrants-are-eating-the-pets rumor, a lie often rooted in racism and fear. And one that only aids hate groups. nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…
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Jul 24, 2024
Yesterday, I got served up this trending video on X. According to Grok, this guy was a member of Hamas, threatening the Olympics in Paris. I watched the video and thought, Hey, I think I know that guy!
nbcnews.com/tech/misinform…

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The uniform, the voice, the gray wall behind him, even the words … I had seen this guy in a video from October, included in this Clemson paper about a Russian disinformation campaign, from @DarrenLinvill and @plwarre.

tigerprints.clemson.edu/mfh_reports/3/


The October video was a fake - in it the fake Hamas actor was thanking Zelensky for sending weapons – a claim without evidence – propaganda meant to weaken western support for Ukraine. This time, they were focused on the Olympics, with fake propaganda meant to create fear around the threat of violence at the Games, a goal outlined by Microsoft in June.

blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/…Image
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