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Fake news is everywhere. With social media's sensory overload, bad actors are intentionally and unintentionally spreading disinformation, which is easier all the time thanks to our increasingly declining attention spans and poor media literacy. Yes, we're more likely than ever to get duped by something online.But sometimes, the snap judgments and ideas being spread are so patently ridiculous it's impossible to fathom that someone would fall for them. (At least, that's the hope.) Last week, conservative activists on Twitter and Facebook somehow found a candid photo of Philadelphia songwriter (Sandy) Alex G (who released a great album called House of Sugar last week) with a wet stain on his jeans and thought it was an old picture of presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke pissing himself. Though the indie rock musician and the former Texas Representative don't look much alike, several users have been posting the image with captions like, "Robert Francis’ O’Rourke in college. Drunk and pissing his pants. He wants to be your president in 2020!”
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