{"id":110928,"date":"2024-10-06T04:33:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T21:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110928"},"modified":"2024-10-06T04:33:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T21:33:48","slug":"false-claims-about-the-federal-response-to-helene-are-an-ominous-sign-for-the-coming-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110928","title":{"rendered":"False claims about the federal response to Helene\u00a0are an ominous sign for the coming election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">New York<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmcqtl000mtsqk073s5zug@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            False claims\u00a0about the federal response to the\u00a0historic\u00a0devastation left by Hurricane Helene are spreading out of control on social media,\u00a0hampering recovery efforts in hard-hit areas, according to local officials.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqe00033b5vz9gfmm9w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The flood of misinformation\u00a0targeting the Biden administration\u2019s response to the destructive storm\u00a0is\u00a0an ominous sign for the coming election,\u00a0with\u00a0the presidential contest between\u00a0former President\u00a0Donald Trump and\u00a0Vice President\u00a0Kamala Harris\u00a0sure to trigger\u00a0further\u00a0attacks\u00a0on\u00a0the truth.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqe00043b5v5fqy55lq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIf you think the lies and distortions and know-nothing takes about FEMA are bad, just wait until this time next month,\u201d Tim Alberta, The Atlantic staff writer and author,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimAlberta\/status\/1842563812010193321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>, one of the primary platforms where falsehoods\u00a0have\u00a0spread faster than facts.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqe00053b5vl94lq2pc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Elon Musk, the X owner\u00a0who has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/16\/business\/musk-trump-support\/index.html\">endorsed Trump<\/a>, has repeatedly posted rumors and innuendo denigrating the\u00a0federal\u00a0government\u2019s response to Helene. Most of the misinformation is brazenly political, portraying President Joe Biden and Harris as incompetent in an attempt to help Trump win reelection.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqe00063b5vsd7r8er3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Politicians and emergency responders in the disaster zone\u00a0stretching from Georgia to North Carolina, including many Republican elected officials,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/03\/politics\/fact-check-trump-biden-hurricane-response\/index.html\">have refuted the lies<\/a>\u00a0and urged people to stop sharing unsupported rumors on social media.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqe00073b5v05gee5fv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kerry Giles, the public information officer for Rutherford County, NC,\u00a0told CNN\u00a0on Saturday\u00a0that debunking the rumors \u201cdid consume resources that could have been more effectively utilized in the recovery efforts.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqe00083b5vhq5nei30@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Giles and her colleagues issued a statement on Friday shutting down several lies\u00a0swirling online\u00a0about the devastated towns of Lake Lure and Chimney Rock Village. No, they said, the government is not taking over Chimney Rock; no, there is no discussion about seizing property; no, there are not dead \u201cbodies everywhere\u201d as a result of the storm.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqf00093b5vidr3iar3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/biden-hurricane-helene-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snopes.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journalnow.com\/news\/local\/hurricane-helene-climate-change-misinformation\/article_204a62da-80ff-11ef-b1f1-4f599f32990e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regional media outlets<\/a>\u00a0have covered much of the debunking, which has helped to reduce some of the misinformation circulating,\u201d Giles told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqf000a3b5vumeqxtnw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Some of the most-shared lies on social media have involved FEMA\u2019s response. Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/04\/politics\/misinformation-hurricane-helene\/index.html\">has falsely claimed<\/a>\u00a0that relief funds are being withheld from predominantly Republican areas\u00a0after the agency directed relief money to help migrants.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqf000b3b5vjuo24re9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cA billion dollars was stolen from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants,\u201d Trump falsely claimed Friday in Georgia.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqf000c3b5v0qjl1z1b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Trump was actually accusing the Biden administration of an act<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/08\/27\/politics\/fema-immigration-enforcement-dorian\/index.html\">\u00a0very similar to something he did as president<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqf000d3b5v64fcxknr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cRepublican elected officials keep rebutting the BS, and MAGA does not care,\u201d conservative columnist David French said\u00a0in a social media post\u00a0Saturday. \u201cThey follow liars, and when the liars lie, they believe them and hate anyone who tells the truth.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqf000e3b5vcc94wkn9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Veteran users of X say the sheer amount of bogus and baseless information\u00a0on the platform\u00a0is getting worse \u2013 in part because Musk reversed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/13\/tech\/elon-musk-donald-trump-x\/index.html\">efforts<em>\u00a0<\/em>to reduce<\/a>\u00a0viral misinformation and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/08\/tech\/twitter-unbanned-users-returning\/index.html\">reinstated accounts<\/a>\u00a0of conspiracy theorists.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqf000f3b5v5jw9lvfl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Officials at FEMA have published a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/disaster\/current\/hurricane-helene\/rumor-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rumor control page<\/a>\u00a0to push back on bogus claims, including the assertion that it \u201cis confiscating donations for survivors.\u201d Mike Rothschild, a journalist who has written two books about conspiracy theory culture, called FEMA\u2019s effort \u201cnoble but doomed.\u201d He\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rothschildmd\/status\/1842329009000190200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cnobody who wants to believe the lies will trust the source, and the denials will just be rolled into the conspiracy theories.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqf000g3b5vnv1c084t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Or, as the hosts of the progressive podcast Appodlachia\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/appodlachia\/status\/1842232799626957177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commented<\/a>, more bluntly, \u201cthe internet has broken peoples\u2019 brains.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqf000h3b5v844p83he@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Misleading AI-generated images purporting to be from the disaster zone have been proliferating on Facebook, leading\u00a0one\u00a0local news station\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/article\/weather\/hurricane\/helene\/a-i-generated-photos-helene-storm-north-carolina\/275-ea7c38de-d72c-42a8-a664-3a6fb8f4554b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to publish<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0\u201chow to spot AI-generated Helene storm photos\u201d explainer.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqf000i3b5vxjewdcri@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As North Carolina columnist Billy Ball\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Billy_K_Ball\/status\/1842255213157085418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on Friday<\/a>, \u201cWe have a lot of crises in the U.S., but few are as significant as the information crisis. People are lying to us to make us hate each other, to get our money, to boost some cause or another.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1wmtbqf000j3b5v5gd8w4eo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And all signs point to an even uglier climate once votes start to be counted next month.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/05\/media\/hurricane-helene-fema-false-claims-recovery\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 False claims\u00a0about the federal response to the\u00a0historic\u00a0devastation left by Hurricane Helene are spreading out of control on social media,\u00a0hampering recovery efforts in hard-hit areas, according to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110928\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}