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EarlG

(23,226 posts)
6. My advice
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 09:33 AM
Monday

If your source is Facebook or TikTok, your first assumption should be that the information is bullshit.

If the Facebook or TikTok post claims to be from a reliable source, do a web search for the same info. If the info is true, you should immediately find a link to the info's original source. If you can't find a link to the original source immediately, it's bullshit.

If I go to DuckDuckGo and search rachel maddow mike johnson wife llc then if the story is true, there should be a link to MSNBC or Maddowblog at the top of the results. However, when I search the term above, the top two results are Facebook, and then this DU thread.

Below that in the search results, the information is also posted on YouTube by "Political Wave" and on a Colombian website called "PRIMETIMER." I see no links to any reliable sources at all.

My advice to everyone would be to do a quick search to make sure that information you want to share is reported by at least one reliable source before reposting content from Facebook and TikTok.

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