One example of how fake news works is explained by this post. It was posted to Twitter by CNN anchor Jim Sciutto on 1/16/21 at 12:58 pm. It has a total of 27.8 thousand Retweets, and 47.8 thousand Likes. So people read this and accepted it as truth. But it turned out to have a lot of false claims. It was later reported from the Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig that the man had proper Park Police pass but Park Police had not communicated that to law enforcement. He has no extremist ties, cooperated fully with cops & was released, cleared from further investigation. He was hired for private security work during the inauguration week.
But too late, damage is done and the correction tweet by this reporter posted at 5:45 pm on that day and as of TODAY has only 530 retweets and 2 thousand likes. Media throws a bomb out, and later the same media releases a correction but the damage is done.
New: US Capitol Police arrested a Virginia man as he attempted to pass through a police checkpoint in downtown Washington Friday with fake inaugural credentials, a loaded handgun & over 500 rounds of ammunition, CNN reporting.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 16, 2021
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