jimnyc
08-27-2019, 10:52 AM
1st off, celebrities and misinformation is what they do on social media.
And from what I understand, what's happening in the Amazon is absolutely nothing new and happens often, and also not all what you think. Screenshots at the bottom are at the story, and clickable links there.
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Amazon Fires: How Hollywood Celebrities Are Spreading Misinformation on Social Media
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Many high-profile figures seeking to denounce the fires in the Amazon — from Madonna and Cristiano Ronaldo to Leonardo DiCaprio and Emmanuel Macron — have unwittingly ended up misleading millions on social media, either sharing photographs of the region that are years old or images taken in other parts of the world.
Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year, the highest number for any year since 2013. Most were in the Amazon.
– Leaders –
“Our house is on fire. Literally. The Amazon, the lung of our planet which produces 20 percent of our oxygen is burning,” France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Twitter, posting a photograph of a burning forest (1) accompanied by the hashtag #ActForTheAmazon.
“It is an international crisis. Members of the G7, let’s talk in two days about this emergency,” Macron said ahead of a planned summit this weekend in Biarritz.
But the photograph used by the French leader does not show this year’s fires. A reverse image search showed that it was taken by the American photojournalist Loren McIntyre, known for his work for National Geographic.
Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/08/27/amazon-fires-how-hollywood-celebrities-are-spreading-misinformation-on-social-media/
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https://i.imgur.com/TyDEJj6.png
https://i.imgur.com/WRVXPf6.png
https://i.imgur.com/WhmXYdc.png
https://i.imgur.com/GuTLnSK.png
And from what I understand, what's happening in the Amazon is absolutely nothing new and happens often, and also not all what you think. Screenshots at the bottom are at the story, and clickable links there.
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Amazon Fires: How Hollywood Celebrities Are Spreading Misinformation on Social Media
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Many high-profile figures seeking to denounce the fires in the Amazon — from Madonna and Cristiano Ronaldo to Leonardo DiCaprio and Emmanuel Macron — have unwittingly ended up misleading millions on social media, either sharing photographs of the region that are years old or images taken in other parts of the world.
Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year, the highest number for any year since 2013. Most were in the Amazon.
– Leaders –
“Our house is on fire. Literally. The Amazon, the lung of our planet which produces 20 percent of our oxygen is burning,” France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Twitter, posting a photograph of a burning forest (1) accompanied by the hashtag #ActForTheAmazon.
“It is an international crisis. Members of the G7, let’s talk in two days about this emergency,” Macron said ahead of a planned summit this weekend in Biarritz.
But the photograph used by the French leader does not show this year’s fires. A reverse image search showed that it was taken by the American photojournalist Loren McIntyre, known for his work for National Geographic.
Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/08/27/amazon-fires-how-hollywood-celebrities-are-spreading-misinformation-on-social-media/
AND
https://i.imgur.com/TyDEJj6.png
https://i.imgur.com/WRVXPf6.png
https://i.imgur.com/WhmXYdc.png
https://i.imgur.com/GuTLnSK.png