Anatomy of disinformation-lies about 'frozen wind turbines' in Texas
Good article
Why on earth would right-wing people with connections to the fossil fuel industry lie about ‘frozen wind turbines’ in Texas?
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/texas-frozen-wind-turbines-john-cornyn-b1803193.html
Disinformation has been circulating about the cold snap in Texas, fed by Republicans and publication ‘experts’ with convenient connections to gas and oil
Jamie Henn, Duncan Meisel
Wild claims about wind turbines and the cold snap in Texas have been making their rounds on right-wing social media
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The fossil fuel industry’s disinformation machine turned on before the lights even went out.
As a massive winter storm rolled towards Texas, it was accompanied by a barrage of lies about how renewable energy — and “frozen wind turbines” in particular — was to blame for potential blackouts.
It began over the weekend, as posts about the blackouts began to pick up momentum on right-wing social media. One image that went viral showed a helicopter supposedly de-icing a wind turbine in Texas. A tweet with the photo from a fossil fuel publicist — because, really, who else? — has now been liked nearly 88,000 times.
As more and more right-wing accounts began to share the image, it soon jumped over into the political arena. Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn retweeted the picture on Monday. By Tuesday, Montana Republican Senator Steve Daines and conspiracy-minded Congresswoman Lauren Boebert were out with their own posts promoting the story. What do these politicians have in common? Boebert and Daines have both received extensive fossil fuel contributions, while Cornyn was the top recipient of oil and gas money in Congress over the last two years. .........................
I’m sure they’ll all be taking down these tweets soon and apologizing for spreading misinformation https://earther.gizmodo.com/viral-image-cl
Link to tweet
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