Today marks the 5th anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people. In 2018, PolitiFact named the lies against the Parkland students in the wake of unspeakable tragedy the most significant falsehoods of the year.
Almost simultaneously, the online rumors moved from the fringes to the mainstream political battlefield. In Florida, a state legislator’s aide made the claim about crisis actors to a Tampa Bay Times reporter on Feb. 20;Outright lies morphed into suspicions about the students’ connections. Also on Feb. 20,liked a tweet by a conservative TV show host Graham Ledger that linked to a story by the Gateway Pundit website stating that David Hogg was "coached on anti-Trump lines.
The Russians also pushed out messages that supported Parkland students’ agenda, said Bret Schafer, an analyst with the project. "These people are trying to stop us, and they are actually helping us out a lot, because my Twitter following has tripled over the past, like, day essentially, and I think that is in part because of these trolls," he said. "For that, I'm honestly kind of thankful."
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