Wife of Supreme Court justice spreads fake news about the migrant caravan

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News travels fast, but fake news travels even faster, especially when there’s a political agenda attached to it.

One glaring example took place over the weekend, when someone on Twitter TWTR, -4.28% posted a photograph of an injured police officer, with a caption that he’d been “brutalized” by the migrant caravan on its way to the United States.

Soon, it would spread across the internet, as these things do. Same picture. Mostly the same caption. But, as you can see by these examples, different accounts.

The problem, according to a deep dive from Snopes: It’s not true. The main image, which was taken during a clash in Mexico City in 2012, is just another attempt to demonize the refugees and spread fears over immigration. Nevertheless, plenty believed it. That long list apparently includes Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who posted it on her page.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wife-of-supreme-court-justice-spreads-fake-news-about-the-migrant-caravan-2018-10-24

[gibraltar72]

1. Ginni Thomas is was and always will be a horrible woman.

She worked for Hillsdale College. Corrupt hypocrites since I started following them in late 60s. Check out how they handled an inconvenient woman.

[UTUSN]

2. Who else but Ginni, the one who left a drunken message for Anita HILL to apologize to Clarence.