‘Speak the truth’: Obama says ‘biggest mistake’ mayors can make in coronavirus pandemic is misinform the public

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'The biggest mistake any us can make in these situations is to misinform, particularly when we’re requiring people to make sacrifices and take actions that might not be their natural inclination,” the former president said Thursday.

“No, air purifiers are not an effective way to protect yourself.”

But while fact checkers have worked furiously to debunk such claims, many of them still exist unchecked on popular social media platforms, according to anAfter examining 225 pieces of misinformation rated false or misleading, the researchers found that nearly 60 percent of the content remained on Twitter without a warning label, The Post’s Craig Timberg.

Meanwhile, Obama, who boasts a Twitter following of more than 115 million people, is actively fighting coronavirus misinformation online. In recent months, the former president has started posting to social media more regularly as part of an effort to spread factual information about the coronavirus along with stories about front-line workers and acts of human kindness during the pandemic, The Post’s David Nakamura

 

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I miss his leadership, man 🥺

Just think how differently the response to this pandemic would have been in the US if Obama had still been our President.

He looks so exhausted in this picture; you could have picked a more appropriate picture. Our Presidents “past and current” deserve to be respected - bc they simply have done the hardest job in the world - like them or not they deserve simple respect.

Obama was the biggest mistake.

So true!

That's rich, Obama telling anyone not to misinform the public. A real knee slapper...

Y suspender las visas de paroles para médicos cubanos y extranjeros, limitando la capacidad y la estructura hospitalaria de los EEUU para regalarle a la dictadura cubana el privilegio de continuar con la esclavitud mundial ? tenía que ser negro.?😏🤔

Says the liar in chief

Well thank you Captain Obvious.

Tell the Demos

Dec. 2 2014 Obama warned of this virus would take effect 5 years later. Noone listened realDonaldTrump

Is this actually journalism nowadays?

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