“The Australia bushfires have nothing to do with climate change; it was arson.”
Social media posts
In a Facebook post. Claim dated 7 Jan 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 January 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 January 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- toddstarnes.comhttps://www.toddstarnes.com/values/the-australia-bushfires-have-nothing-to-do-with-climat…
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