This is a distressing example of how hard it is to stop disinformation on here.

Start w this Beschloss tweet that got retweeted a lot into my TL. The quote is literally correct, BUT!

Now, first time I clicked on it, a video was right below. Second time I clicked, tho, this.
It’s just ppl taking the quote at face value.

But I had seen the video before, so knew to scroll down to it, where I see... a big warning.

Click then on the warning (so that’s see the retweet, click on the retweeted tweet, then find the video, then click warning), and see this.
That’s a lot of work! And no warning abt manipulation/misinterp unless you see the actual link to the video.

So here, you have high-profile quote without video, repeatedly quote-retweeted without video.

I was lucky that I saw the video tweet w the warning before it got buried.
I don’t have some great solution here. Just struck me as a striking example of how hard stopping misinfo is.

After all, the Beschloss quote is literally correct, and has zero analysis.

But it isn’t made in a vacuum, and the... atmosphere?... gives it misleading meaning.
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