Not my meme. Not my fault whoever made it didn't know how to spell "loses."
The news that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was injured in his Manhattan jail cell has revived a decades-old conspiracy theory that baselessly links Hillary Clinton to a number of “suspicious” deaths.
Epstein, who is facing a possible 45 years if convicted on sex-trafficking and conspiracy charges, was reportedly found Wednesday semiconscious in his New York City jail cell with marks around his neck. Sources close to the investigation told NBC News that the injuries may have come from another inmate or been self-inflicted, and Epstein is now on suicide watch.
The news was sensational grist for conspiracy theorists and far-right pundits, who leapt to Twitter to suggest that Esptein’s injuries might somehow be linked to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The theory, known as the “Clinton Body Count,” was soon trending on Twitter, with the corresponding #ClintonBodyCount hashtag attached to more than 70,000 tweets by Thursday afternoon.
Big tech companies have been grappling with their part in the spread of conspiracy theories surrounding politicians, health information and mass violence. Facebook has balked at reigning in the theories spread in groups and on pages, citing a slippery slope of becoming arbiters of truth, while YouTube announced this year it would stop the spread of conspiracies on its platform by tweaking its algorithm to recommend less content that could misinform users.
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NBC/Mockingbird leading the charge.
They’ve protected the Clintons so long, they probably just do it out of habit now.
That article is getting traction on twitter being spread by leftists, but they’re helping boost the “bodycount/epstein” hashtags because they’re using them. Hah!
A tweeter points out to NBC that more people read QAnon than they have viewers/readers. Top Kek!
#ClintonBodyCount
#EpsteinSuicide
Not my meme. Not my fault whoever made it didn't know how to spell "loses."