Photo: It is false that the weapon used in the attack against Cristina Kirchner was a water pistol (Image source: The Left/Flickr)
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The world of news is complex – and false stories and images are often widely shared on social media. Blasting News’s editorial team spots the most popular hoaxes and misleading information every week to help you discern truth from falsehood. Here are some of the most shared false claims of this week, of which none are legit.
Video does not show Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene auditioning for ‘American Idol’
False claim: Social media users in the United States have shared a video from the first season of the reality show “American Idol” in which a young blonde woman appears during an audition, accompanied by the claim that she is actually Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has been punished by the U.S.
Congress for supporting conspiracy theories.
Truth:
The author and behavioural scientist, Gad Saad, has just published a book on what he calls “suicidal empathy”. He says that “a society dies when it cares more about exhibiting infinite tolerance a...