Bill McCarthy
Digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation, conspiracy theories and extremism for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum
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- This supposed headline, purporting to link Pope Leo XIV to an autonomous zone protesters set up in Seattle after the 2020 death of George Floyd, is fabricated, the New York Times confirmed to me and on its website.
- New: The Vatican confirms to @afpnews.bsky.social that the X account @drprevost, which shared articles criticizing US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, is genuine and belonged to Pope Leo XIV. It was then-Cardinal Robert Prevost's only X account. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
- That viral image purporting to show Harvard marking up the Trump education secretary's letter with red notes? It is a fake, created by an X user who told me he made it as a joke before others misrepresented it as an official response from the university. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
