Misinformation about Andy Burnham's wife is now the most viral political story in the UK. How does a rumour that started in a local Facebook group in January 2022 become national misinformation?
Here's the anatomy of an online rumour.
Rarely has there been such a contrast between a PM’s performance and public perception of it. It tells you all you need to know about the polarising & pernicious influence of our media ecosystem, including even the BBC’s own TV News.
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My home country Scotland 🏴
NO cervical cancer cases detected in vaccinated women following HPV immunisation!
None! Zero!
What a stunning achievement !
The HPV vaccine ie a modern medical miracle!
In the last month, 16 men – eight political prisoners and eight protesters – have been hanged in Iran. There was a brief hiatus in the state killings when Trump and Netanyahu’s war began on 28 February but something changed after 18 March. https://t.co/4VAXck4u9u
Iran spends every dollar it makes to repress its own citizens and terrorize the rest of the world.
Are Senate Democrats comfortable supporting the Ayatollahs?
https://t.co/cDWo7ibZMU
Two bits of good news.
1. UK has quietly regained its position as the World’s 5th largest economy.
2. UK unemployment rate in surprise fall to 4.9% in three months to February, figures show.
Nobody is complacent about the effect of events in the Gulf.
A woman is about to be executed for one “crime”, speaking out.
That’s the reality of the Iranian regime.
This is not a government that values freedom.
This is not a regime moved by polite diplomacy.
It silences dissent.
It punishes courage.
It fears its own people.
And history has shown, they don’t respond to words. They respond to strength.
.@PahlaviReza writes in the @thetimes today: “Stand with the Iranian people. Refuse to legitimise the remnants of a collapsing regime. Expel its representatives. Prepare to recognise a legitimate transitional authority.”
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