The Texas governor reposted a story on Twitter from a fake news site about Garth Brooks calling his fans 'a-holes' at a concert that doesn't exist in a Texas town that also doesn't exist.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott reposted then deleted an obviously false news story about country music superstar Garth Brooks getting booed off stage during a concert.Twitter may have become a gargantuan cesspool of racist messages with blue checkmarks thanks to Elon Musk, aka Dumb Iron Man, but in a way, it's also providing a great service to the world.
Musk thought removing verified account checkmarks from those who've earned and worked for them and giving them to anyone dumb enough to pay for one would improve his product, and in doing this he provided a service completely by accident. Now we don't have to read the hateful, divisive and just plain wrong thoughts of people who think a GPS device can be delivered in a vaccine or that their TV is watching them. The blue checkmark is a CliffsNotes for identifying conservative crackpots.
Here's a perfect example. Our esteemed Gov. Greg Abbott reposted a fake story about Garth Brooks on his Twitter page on Sunday and kept it up there long enough for more sensible readers to take a screenshot of it. The fake story's headline reads,"Garth Brooks Booed Off Stage at 123rd Annual Texas Country Jamboree" and the URL points to a"news" website called the
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No, Garth Brooks Wasn't Booed Off Stage at Texas Country JamboreeSome social media users appear unaware that this claim originated with an article on a political satire website.
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Texas Guv Falls for Satirical Garth Brooks Article Written by ‘Flagg Eagleton’The internet is forever. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) learned that the hard way Sunday when he earnestly tweeted out a link to a fake news article about the singer Garth Brooks being booed off stage in his state.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott mocked for being duped by anti-Garth Brooks satire story'[Abbott] just accidentally posted a satire article because he wants to hate on queer Texans and Garth Brooks so bad,' one congressman said in response. GregAbbott GarthBrooks Texas TexasPolitics LGBTQ LGBTQRights Homophobe BudLight
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shares fake article about Garth Brooks getting booed for being 'woke'Governor Abbott shared the post about a fake festival in a fake Texas city from a satire website. 'Go woke. Go broke,' the governor said.
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Greg Abbott duped by fake news story mocking Garth BrooksTwitter users assailed the governor for not noticing certain details of the fake piece, including that Hambriston, Texas is not a real place.
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