Immigrants are eating household pets has spawned that one by the musician the kiffness. False it may well be but the claim has dominated news cycles, and onejournalist set out to find the source of the now debunked rumour. Jack brewster is enterprise editor at newsguard and he s been telling us about how he did it. Yeah, so finding the source of this claim is almost as interesting as the claim itself. We went to the screenshot that everyone was sharing online, purporting to come from the person who originally shared the claim, and it was posted first in this private facebook group. And when it was shared on x which is where it went viral somebody had redacted the name at the top, so you couldn t tell who was the original poster of this claim. But my colleague and i noticed that a couple of the letters were exposed at the top and so, we zoomed in and after about a few minutes of searching, we guessed that the name might be erica, just by the way that the tops of the letters were e
This is bbc news. Well have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Hello, im Katie Razzall and this week on the Media Show, were talking about Donald Trumps false claims that migrants are Eating Pets in ohio. Were learning about life as a reporter in china with the Economists Man in beijing. And well go inside the race for al and the Tech Bro rivalries at the heart of it. Synthesiser Music Backup vocals and funky beat plays thats one of many remixes that Donald Trumps false claim that haitian immigrants are eating Household Pets has spawned that one by the musician the kiffness. False it may well be, but the claim has dominated news cycles, and onejournalist set out to find the source of the now Debunked Rumour. Jack brewster is Enterprise Editor at newsguard, and hes been telling us about how he did it. Yeah, so finding the source of this claim is almost as interesting as the claim itself. We went to the screenshot that everyone was shari
Backup vocals and funky beat plays that s one of many remixes that donald trump s false claim that haitian immigrants are eating household pets has spawned that one by the musician the kiffness. False it may well be but the claim has dominated news cycles, and onejournalist set out to find the source of the now debunked rumour. Jack brewster is enterprise editor at newsguard and he s been telling us about how he did it. Yeah, so finding the source of this claim is almost as interesting as the claim itself. We went to the screenshot that everyone was sharing online, purporting to come from the person who originally shared the claim, and it was posted first in this private facebook group. And when it was shared on x which is where it went viral somebody had redacted the name at the top, so you couldn t tell who was the original poster of this claim. But my colleague and i noticed that a couple of the letters were exposed at the top and so, we zoomed in and after about a few minutes
We start with the social media app tiktok because its ceo has vowed to keep on fighting after the us House Of Representatives passed a bill that could see the app banned in america. Shou zi chew released a video on tiktok threatening legal action and warning that if the bill becomes law it will mean the end of tiktok for its 170 million users in the us. Well hearfrom him injust a moment, but first, heres our us Business Correspondent erin delmore who has been following developments on capitol hill. The houseboat sets the stage for what could become an ultimatum to tiktok Chinese Owned Company bytedance. Selby avenue or it will be banned. There is a way to go between here and there. It needs to go through this and it faces an uncertain future. The Senate Majority leader has been noncommittal about whether he will bring it up for a vote. Some studies are only about to vote against it. If it does move through the senate, President Biden that he will sign it. Components of the bill argue t
federal grand jury could mean for the investigation. north korea launches more missiles overnight, defying the u.n. i will speak to the u.n. ambassador about the escalating tensions in the korean peninsula, russia s assaults on ukraine and u.s. efforts to punish iran for its crackdown on women. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where president biden laid into maga republicans in a speech to the nation last night. he was slamming donald trump s big lie, warning republican election deniers could send the country into chaos. only blocks from the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol, the president called the first election since the insurrection a defining moment, framing his speech in the horrific assault on nancy pelosi s husband in their san francisco home. the big lie has been proven to be just that, a big lie. we don t settle our differences in america with a riot, a mob or a bullet or a hammer. there are candidates running for every level of o