Social- and pseudo media have become indistinguishable. Commentary by meteorologist Ryan Maue, PhD.

The international news coverage of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fires has been a complete disaster. News outlets published inaccurate yet easily verifiable “facts” about the number of fires, declaring the situation “record-breaking” and “unprecedented.” Social media lit up with misleading claims about the loss of planetary oxygen supply (20 percent, said French President Emmanuel Macron) threatening to asphyxiate us all. Stock photos and images of forest fires from the last two decades including Peru and Bolivia were shared widely and wildly. Celebrities and politicians alike heaped condemnation upon Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leading to an ongoing geopolitical crisis.

Source: Commentary: Everything You’ve Heard About the Amazon Fires Is Wrong – Tennessee Star

Social media is just one big bonfire of idiocy. Thanks to social media, we have only about 30 minutes to save the world from something.