...while Truth is still getting its boots on.SCOOP:
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) October 21, 2024
Remember the baseless conspiracy being pushed on here last week about Tim Walz abusing a former student?
Turns out, it came from Russia...https://t.co/YCejpBjzVa
Busted: Anti-Tim Walz video stole the identity of a former studenthttps://t.co/PEQIoKZatp
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 21, 2024
However, the Washington Post tracked down the real Matthew Metro who attended Walz's high school, and it turns out that he never had Walz as a teacher.
What's more, the Post reports that Metro is dismayed that someone seems to have stolen his identity and used it to smear the Democratic vice presidential nominee.
"It’s an invasion of my privacy and my personal life," Metro told the Post.
As the Post noted, the hoax involving Metro has quickly become a reality that political candidates have to deal with while running for office in the age of X CEO Elon Musk's anything-goes approach to content moderation.Free speech, right, Elmo? Now tell us about the cellar under the pizza joint in D.C.
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