Show threadNonilexOct 21, 2024

#MatthewMetro didn’t recognize the face that popped up on his cellphone screen when he clicked a link that a friend texted him last week. But after hitting play on the #online #video, he was dismayed by what he saw.

“My name is Matthew Metro,” said the man in the video, who went on to describe life as a student decades ago at a HS in Minnesota where Democratic VP nom #TimWalz was a teacher.

#FactCheck #Lies #Fraud #SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #Propaganda #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

NonilexOct 21, 2024
#Viral attack on #TimWalz features #fake fmr student making false claim

A Hawaii man who attended a school where #Walz taught — but says they never met — was dismayed to see person in a video using his name to make a false allegation against the VP candidate

#FactCheck #RepublicanLies #Fraud #SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #ElectionInterference #Trumpaganda #Propaganda #MatthewMetro #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/10/21/tim-walz-matthew-metro-video/
Viral attack on Walz features fake former student making false claim

A Hawaii man who attended a school where Tim Walz taught was dismayed to see someone using his name to make a false allegation against the vice presidential candidate.

The Washington Post