Pro tip: Check the clip date before you pile on someone

Saw a trending thread yesterday calling out a local news anchor for saying something racist on air. Turns out the clip was from 2014 and she had apologized and done training years ago. The account that posted it had like 50 followers and no history. I commented asking about the date and got dogpiled for defending her. Then someone actually checked and the whole thing fizzled out in like 2 hours. Has anyone else run into old clips being recycled to start drama like this?

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blair_lewis858d ago

Yikes. That's the whole playbook now. Take old dirt, scrub the date, let the algorithm do the rest. Nobody fact checks before they rage tweet anymore.

ryan9528d ago

My neighbor once reposted a "breaking news" story about a celebrity death that turned out to be from 2016, and when I called him out he just shrugged and said "well it's still sad isn't it?" @blair_lewis85 you're right though, the rage-bait factory never sleeps.