Kudos to Winston-Salem Journal (NC) for calling out disaster disinformation being spread by MAGA

[Dennis Donovan]

Andrew Bates
Thank you to my hometown paper, Winston-Salem Journal, for calling out the dangerous conspiracy theories being sadistically spread to take advantage of suffering people.

At a time when everyone should come together behind the response, these lies can discourage residents from getting aid.

7:38 AM · Oct 5, 2024

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[malaise]

1. I remember when the class dunces remained quiet

Or when those who were too lazy to do their school work did the same. Today every jackass has a microphone and believes he/she can enrich themselves by accumulating likes.

[Walleye]

2. This is the same way Maga responded to Covid. I assume they will respond to every other national emergency same way

[erronis]

9. Let's hope they inject ivermectin and shove a bottle of bleach up there.

Be nice to take a selfie video so the rest of us can watch your final moments....

[Walleye]

11. They are still advertising ivermectin on a split screen at his rallies

Remember when chloro-something was going to be a “game changer”. Nobody holds him to any of these statements. But Tim Walz once messed up and said in war instead of during war, and now he’s some kind of phony hero, according to them.

[yardwork]

3. The papers in Raleigh and Charlotte, and local news stations, are also calling out the lies.

The lies began with Trump and our self-proclaimed "Black Nazi" Republican candidate for governor, Mark Robinson.

The disinformation is being amplified on social media by what appear to be Russian bots.

It's the usual lies.

[Justice matters.]

16. Don't forget muskrat, the leader of the bots, who posts and reposts endlessly...

these lies because he wants more billions for himself and his crackpot dream of saving life by sending a colony to Mars... never to return...

[Traildogbob]

4. Live from near Asheville

We got hit hard. FEMA is everywhere. S&R teams from Nationwide are everywhere, National Guardsmen are everywhere. Roads are being cleared. Power and Internet is coming back all over.
I did not wait in line to fill up my truck with gas at $2.69 a gallon yesterday, just needed cash. Banks are open allowing customers to get cash. Went to the grocery store yesterday. Some thing where out but most all you needed was there and cards were accepted. Free bottled water is everywhere. Food is being distributed all over. Help from nationwide is amazing. Power companies from all corners of the nation working 24/7.
Huge Latino presence shoulder to shoulder deep in the mud and toxic sludge.
This is extremely Red Country. Dems and Repubs working tirelessly side by side.
We have a long long way to go. Pretty sure these people are not gonna grab guns and kill each other at trumps command. Gonna be hell to even vote, if they have time.
Trump and Moses Mike were minutes from shutting the Government down as the storm was coming ashore, but saved by all Dems and a half dozen GQP
What a hell we would be in.
Mark Robinson did not show up to vote for state emergency funds
Copper is everywhere.
So………Fuck everything trump, his media, and you too MTG you Godless fucking idiotic lunatic.
All this in a little county west of Asheville that had two towns completely under water up to rooftops.
And all along the Pigeon River that travels totally across the county. We have not been forgotten, and are treated equally to larger cities.
A unique county, being ALL water generated here is from within our own county. 19 peaks above 6,000 feet. No water source comes from outside our massive watershed.
All these flood waters here came from washing down our mountain sides.
And again, Fuck you Trump you murderous puss bag of lies. The shit I head in Alex Wagner last night he is spreading is Vomitous. Reporting live from the scenes, Traildogbob!!! End rant.

[nolabear]

8. Thank you so much! My hurricane experience has been like that.

People actually there know they need one another. Hate is, weirdly, a luxury. I’m so glad you’re okay and have what you need. I love those mountains. Here’s to a spirit of hope and a recovery to be proud of.

[Traildogbob]

10. 🤜🤛🥰

[malaise]

14. There is nothing like a hurricane to unite a community

Neighbors come together and clean up, share food and assist senior citizens.

Only MAGAts seek to divide in a crisis.

[Traildogbob]

15. Egged on by

The most selfish hate filled MAGA of them all. And HIS Media including Musty.
Gotta say, by the end of the month, with Sinclair dominate political adds praising God’s precious Trump and lying about Harris/ Wakz, my voice will be like John Mellencamp lately when I sit in the porch to pick and sing, from screaming at the tube.
Damn just this AM I need lozenges and honey.
He spent 70 years +- smoking to get that rasp, and he loves it.
You know recovery well malaise. We unite to conquer a disaster of we fail. We do not need the master divider anywhere near any of us.

[malaise]

17. I've lived it

more than once

THIS
We do not need the master divider anywhere near any of us.

[Walleye]

13. It does sound like a much better federal response than I saw in the aftermath of Katrina in Mississippi

Of course, technology and connectivity are much better now

[XanaDUer2]

5. What does this "spent on immigrants" mean?

HOW is FEMA spending money on immigrants?

[Traildogbob]

6. Trump vomit!!!!

Total bullshit for hate.
Oh, and I forgot to say in my post.
Thank you Joe Biden. $2.69/gallon in a disaster area with a massive need for gas. Only a week in and no limits, minimal lines, just need cash for now, the card systems are down.
We “are”low on Paper Towels. Maybe trump can show up in that damn Jina made red hat, $1,000 shoes and golden cuff links. And toss a few rolls out.
And don’t forget the truck loads of Play Dough for the kiddies to pass time.
Nah! Stay the fuck away from here unless ya wanna stand by some raging water and we get to see the bank give way and that bloated ass washes away, the likes of which we would love to see like never before.

[aggiesal]

7. Misinformation is spreading wrong information not knowing the facts ...

Disinformation is spreading the wrong information knowing the facts.
Like the (R)'s claiming that FEMA has no money because of immigrants,
knowing they defunded FEMA themselves.

The headline should read
Fighting Disinformation
But I'm glad they're getting their message out, about wrong information.

[Mr. Jinx]

12. Lifelong Winston-Salem resident here

I'm glad to see this too. Taking advantage of people in serious need is beyond low.

[Submariner]

18. The article should mention the disinformation volley is done on Trump's behalf

Trump's name is nowhere t be found on the front page. He should be attacked for launching this shit via his mega-moron squads.

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. As a resident of the Piedmont Triad area, this is much appreciated. Thank you WSJ.