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Woman filling plastic bags with gasoline? That viral video is not from 2021, plus 2 other bogus gas crisis memes
Updated May 16, 2021;
Posted May 16, 2021
The temporary halt of Colonial Pipeline operations last week after a cyberattack set off false posts on social media. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)AP
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The Associated Press checks out some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. This one is bogus, even though it was shared widely on social media. Here are the facts:
CLAIM: A video shows a woman filling a white plastic bag with gas at a Kroger station due to gas shortages in the Southeastern U.S.
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May 14, 2021 6:30 PM By The Associated Press
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FILE - In this May 11, 2021 file photo, a QuickTrip convenience store has bags on their pumps as the station has no gas, in Kennesaw, Ga. On Friday, May 14, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online claiming to show photos of Americans filling their cars with plastic bags of gasoline and lining up at gas stations with red gas cans in recent days. Social media users are misrepresenting old photos to falsely suggest they show Americans stockpiling gasoline this week after a hack of the Colonial Pipeline led to thousands of gas stations running out of fuel to due to distribution problems and panic-buying. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
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