“Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 16 Feb 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The National Transportation Safety Board said foul play or sabotage is not suspected in the Ohio incident. We found no evidence that the other incidents cited in the Facebook post were anything but accidents.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 February 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 February 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/archive/8NwmZ
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