Have you seen a news article about President Joe Biden’s dog Commander trying to communicate with something in the White House? It’s completely fake.
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.Have you seen what appears to be a screenshot from a news article about President Joe Biden’s dog Commander trying to communicate with something in the White House? It’s a creepy story, to be sure. But it’s completely fake.
The fake screenshot starts off innocently enough, quoting an anonymous person at the White House who refers to President Biden’s dog as “aggressive.” Commander the dog has indeed been in the news recently for biting Secret Service agents“According to two separate sources who adamantly refused to be named, the dog could sometimes be seen wandering the White House halls at night, sounding out a bizarre ‘clicking’ noise.
There’s absolutely no evidence that these words have appeared in any real news story online and was created to spread misinformation.The story, which seems to have originated on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has been viewed by overSupreme Court Turns Down Tax Delinquency Takings Case
Aside from the fact that the text doesn’t show up anywhere else online, there are other clues that this whole thing is fake, including the line that sources “adamantly refused” to be named. Anyone who consumes a lot of news articles will find that kind of wording to be out of place for most straight news reporting.
X has always struggled with being a source for bad information, but the problem seems to have gotten much worse since billionaire Elon Musk bought the platform in October 2022. Musk got rid of the old blue checkmark system, which previously used to verify the identity of users. But now anyone with $8 to spend can buy a checkmark, which also boosts the user’s visibility in X’s algorithm..
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