Be careful of rumors that political groups are involved in starting wildfires. People have spread claims on social media that aren't supported by evidence. Wildfires are not antifa's MO. Instead, they target businesses, police & government property.
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https://twitter.com/wolfblitzer/status/1304456816278069251
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BREAKING: Chinese virologist Dr. Li-Meng Yan, who fled to the United States after claiming Beijing covered up #COVID19—promises to publish proof that the virus is manmade.
I’m very tired for a lot of reasons but mostly it’s of writing a version of this story for the millionth time. With @oneunderscore__
https://twitter.com/BrandyZadrozny/status/1304462241648050182
As wildfires rage, false antifa rumors spur pleas from police
At least six groups have issued warnings about the false rumors, including some asking the public to stop sharing the misinformation.
Sept. 11, 2020, 12:34 PM EDT
By Brandy Zadrozny and Ben Collins
Police and local officials on the West Coast are battling multiple raging fires. They're also fighting a wave of misinformation from false rumors spread in neighborhood Facebook groups and on far-right websites that antifa activists were setting the blazes.
At least six groups have issued warnings about the false rumors, including some pleading with the public to stop sharing the misinformation.
“Rumors spread just like wildfire and now our 9-1-1 dispatchers and professional staff are being overrun with requests for information and inquiries on an UNTRUE rumor that 6 Antifa members have been arrested for setting fires in DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON,” the Douglas County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday.
The false claims also became fodder for the now-sizable online QAnon community, which began amplifying various false reports earlier in the week.
In Oregon, the sheriffs in Jackson and Mason counties posted similar warnings, begging locals to stop spreading unsubstantiated claims.
A firefighters union in Washington state called Facebook “an absolute cesspool of misinformation right now,” in a post that sought to quell more rumors about the fires’ origins.