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Do you know the back story on this viral photo?
1) It's not the United States. It's Lebanon.
2) The reporter was doing a story on a PPE manufacturer, and was wearing it on camera for show-and-tell. It was not for personal protection #ContextMatters
https://www.the961.com/video-lebanese-reporter-in-hazmat-suit-going-viral-around-the-world/
1) It's not the United States. It's Lebanon.
2) The reporter was doing a story on a PPE manufacturer, and was wearing it on camera for show-and-tell. It was not for personal protection #ContextMatters
https://www.the961.com/video-lebanese-reporter-in-hazmat-suit-going-viral-around-the-world/
And of course they crop out the identifying signs when calling out the media for having an agenda. P.S. I'm not saying this show-and-tell was a good idea. It's just not what the critics were saying it was. The truth matters.
Here's what happens when you offer proof to people who share fake news about the real news. I gave this guy the evidence and asked him to edit his post or add the correct info in the comments (a misleading post shared 100s of times). This is our exchange before he blocked me:
The deliberate operation to sow distrust of the press has most certainly cost lives.
