According to the American media "Daily Beast" website on the 19th, after protesters were trampled on by Canadian police, a contributor admitted that he had previously published fake news that one of the protesters had died.
reported that Sara A. Carter, who claimed to be a "award-winning journalist", posted on Twitter last Friday night saying: "There are reports that a woman injured by Canadian Mounted Police just died in the hospital..." She also added the tags " Trudeau " and "Free Convoy Canada" to her tweet. US media said that shortly after that, American conservatives began to pay attention and amplify the tweet, including Diamond and Silk, two hosts of the former Fox News program Fox Nation, and Republican Senator Ted Cruz (Ted Cruz).
US media said that Sarah's more than 1.3 million Twitter followers quickly amplified the unfounded death claim in the tweet, using it as evidence of Canadian government misconduct. However, on Saturday morning local time, Sara admitted that the news was false. She tweeted: "Early yesterday, I received news that someone might have died in the hospital during the stampede, and this news is wrong." The media person added, "It was someone who was taken to the hospital for a heart disease, not because of a horse trampling. I want to clarify the matter again and apologize for any confusion caused."
US media said that Carter's previous untrue tweet was later deleted.
US media said that this is not the first time this American media person has done something similar. In March 2020, Carter also deleted a tweet of her own—in which she called on her fans to film nearby hospitals to confirm a false statement: they firmly believe that the COVID-19 pandemic has not caused a large number of Americans to get sick, so American hospital wards are not overcrowded.
(Editor: LH)
