Posted on 01/11/2023 1:03:17 PM PST by nickcarraway
Anti-Vaxxers Blast Doc Over Fake Tweet That Made Rogan
Earlier this month, Miami physician Natalia Solenkova, MD, woke up to a flood of new Twitter followers and thousands who were unexpectedly angry with her, NBC News reportedopens in a new tab or window. But Solenkova -- who had built a following of 30,000 on the platform during the pandemic by discussing her work in underserved communities and combatting misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccines -- had no idea why.
A plethora of tweets, comments, and direct messages across social media asked why Solenkova had deleted a particularly troubling tweet that purportedly had stated, "I will never regret the vaccine. Even if it turns out I injected actual poison and have only days to live. My heart is and was in the right place. I got vaccinated out of love, while anti-vaxxers did everything out of hate. If I have to die because of my love for the world, then so be it. But I will never regret or apologize for it."
But Solenkova never wrote that tweet. It was actually a "cheap fake," a term used to describe a piece of fake media that "takes little effort to produce," according to NBC News.
Solenkova petitioned Twitter to remove the tweet, but it had already gone viral, garnering millions of views, being shared by right-wing commentators, and even making its way to a discussion by Joe Rogan on his ultra-popular podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience."
Rogan later took removed the discussion from the episode and subsequently re-published it, issuing an apology after learning the tweet was fake, according to NBC News.
Still, Solenkova is worried the fake tweet could wind up in a complaint to a medical board or in her Google results.
Daniel Uhlfelder, Solenkova's attorney and a former Democratic candidate for Florida attorney general, sent Rogan a pre-suit cease letter and tweetedopens in a new tab or window that his firm was "extremely proud" to represent Solenkova "in order to hold those accountable for what they did to her."
“cheap fake,” a term used to describe a piece of fake media that “takes little effort to produce,”
I’m confused.
So, it wasn’t an actual tweet that was deleted, it was an image that was made to look like a tweet?
They should have used a more expensive fake.
So by exercising critical thinking and discernment in deciding NOT to take an unapproved experimental injection with a bad track record, I am doing so because of hate? Interesting...
Waiting for the democrat/media/big pharma/Faux-xi cheerleaders on here to say the death serum is perfectly safe with 98% efficacy.
Sounds like the Dr is pro-vax, but she did not write or post that particular tweet.
“cheap fake,” a term used to describe a piece of fake media that “takes little effort to produce,”
If there is anything NBC News knows about, it’s the cheap fake.
Not sure I’m buying it
Why would someone target her specifically?
Perhaps this is true, but I’m still leaning towards her regretting the tweet and trying to walk it back
“but I’m still leaning towards her regretting the tweet and trying to walk it back”
Facts never persuade conspiracists ...
Fake.
Right.
Could be fake. I had an account on Twitter for a business, but we hardly used it at all in fact it was set up by a 3rd party who managed social media. Someone somehow hijacked it and posted very nasty and obscene content. A friend sent me a screenshot. I tried to go to twitter to delete it and the account was banned permanently for terms of use violation.
But according to the article, Twitter never did that for her despite her pleas.
nothing could be more confusing than the headline
Hammer. It was a fake quote.
If I recall, "orange man bad" desperate Democrats and corrupt media had initially disagreed with Trump quarantine, transparently politically disagreeing with Trump policy on any issue to try to get him out of Oval Office.
Speaker Pelosi Visits SF's Chinatown To Show Support Amid Coronavirus Fears (non-FR; 2:14 min; 2.24.2020)
And after Democrats allegedly stole election from Trump, they lost more credibility after flipping on quarantine policy, not only seemingly pirating Trump's quarantine as a government-manufactured (imo) crisis, but also by bullying people to take highly profitable jab with no express constitutional authority dictate such a policy.
People responded to already disliked Democratic elite bullying by prudently practicing "caveat emptor," especially with respect to Democrats not reasonably addressing concerns about jab imo.
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