- A random wingnut posts a form that Biden filled out that lists office expenses and misinterprets it.
- Miranda Devine, a NY Post reporter with 350K followers tweets out the false claim.
- Fox News (also Murdoch-owned) goes all in on the story, with Tucker Carlson claiming that “Miranda Devine of the New York Post has also done extensive reporting on it.” (She hadn’t)
- Fox has members of Congress on, and asks them what they are doing to investigate the false claims.
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Rep James Comer agrees and promises investigations.
- Done and done. From one erroneous tweet to govt investigations in 5 days.
Fox has members of Congress on, and asks them what they are doing to investigate the false claims. Rather than refute them @RepJamesComer agrees and promises investigations.
We've gone from one erroneous tweet to govt investigations in 5 days. pic.twitter.com/r9j6Aaqzgw— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) January 21, 2023