Meme Makers Mock Twitter as Site Ramps Up Fact-Checking

Breitbart ^ | 14 Nov 2020 | LUCAS NOLAN

[E. Pluribus Unum]

As Twitter increases it’s fact-checking and labeling of posts across its platform, some users have begun mocking the site via parody posts examples. The fake tweets are part of a growing backlash against Twitter censorship that impacts not only President Donald Trump, but the broader conservative movement.

Breitbart News recently reported that Twitter stated this week that it put labels on 300,000 user posts from October 27 to November 11 for violating rules related to election misinformation. Twitter also implemented a retweet feature that required users to add their own comments before retweeting a post on the platform.

Between election day and Friday of this week, Twitter labeled around 34 percent of President Trump’s tweets and retweets as “disputed.” Breitbart News has reported extensively on this, noting recently that 25 of President Trump’s posts across Twitter and Facebook were labeled or disputed within 24 hours.

Users were quick to ridicule Twitter by creating fake screenshots of fake fact-checks, implying that Twitter was being overly harsh in its labeling and questioning things that were clearly true.

In one popular example, the platform fact checks Jesus Christ:

In another example making the rounds, Twitter fact checks a Trojan questioning the Greeks’ gift of a wooden horse:

Breitbart News has compiled some of the best examples of Twitter fact check memes below. Due to the platform’s current embed settings, click on each tweet to view the images on the platform.

[griswold3]

Hysterical!

[cgbg]

Folks can have a lot of fun with this.

For example, have posts with:

“How the Biden team won the election” with screenshots of proof of computer cheating.”

“Everyone loves Joe Biden” and then discuss all the Biden-only ballots, etc...

[georgiegirl]

These are great! LMAO

[DoodleBob]

The Jesus of Nazareth one made me laugh like I haven’t laughed in ten days.

[Texas Eagle]

Heh, heh. Love it.

I wish I knew how to do memes. I've got a few rattling around in my brain.

April 19, 1775 Fox News calls Revolutionary War for Great Britain.

Dec. 7, 1941 Fox News calls World War II for Japan

April 1986 Fox News calls The Masters for Greg Norman going into the back nine at Augusta

Passover 33AD Fox News calls The Crucifixion for Satan

[TianaHighrider]

PERFECT!
Showing the ‘Ministry of Truth’ for the lies they are!

[piasa]

You post : 2+2=4

Twitter factcheckers: “! This posting is disputed.”

[100%FEDUP]

I say overload them with ridiculous crap they'd have to fact check:
1) Mikey the Life Cereal kid died from mixing Pop Rocks and Pepsi!
2) Marilyn Manson is really Josh Saviano from The Wonder Years!
3) If You Play Stairway to Heaven Backwards, It’s a Prayer to Satan!
4) You can see a ghost in 3 Men and a Baby!
5) A person hanged themselves during filming of The Wizard of Oz!
6) Paul McCartney is really dead!

[ifinnegan]

Same for Facebook and YouTube.

Orwell’s Ministry of Truth.

[Songcraft]

Those are great!

Another one I saw (posted by FReeper grey_whiskers at this link, and shown below), is also terrific.

[ifinnegan]

“If You Play Stairway to Heaven Backwards, It’s a Prayer to Satan!”

Forward too.

[Gene Eric]

Hilarious?

[thecodont]

Sadly though, there are people who really believe in the “multiple paths to the Father.”

[Sans-Culotte]

Great memes!

[Impala64ssa]

3) If You Play Stairway to Heaven Backwards, It’s a Prayer to Satan
I remember all that! George Carlin once quipped about the Beatles coming out with a new album that if you play it backwards you'll hear a voice saying, "HEY, DUMMY, you're playing this record bckwards!"

[Texas Eagle]

[LegendHasIt]

It has become quite obvious that these days, any person or group who calls themselves "Fact Checkers" are not interested in presenting the truth, but are "checking" the facts: as in the second definition of verb (used with object):

2: to restrain; hold in restraint or control.

[sauropod]

This is brilliant!

[gw-ington]