Fox News Mocked for ‘You Be the Judge’ Tweet on Moon Landing Conspiracy
Fox News’ tweet to a story on moon landing conspiracy theorists inspired quite a bit of Twitter mockery this afternoon.
The report itself is titled––as of this posting––“Apollo moon landing was ‘faked,’ conspiracy theorists claim with new photo,” and it is going off of this:
Despite insurmountable evidence to the contrary, conspiracy theorists have claimed for years that man did not walk on the moon, that the landings were fake. That theory has surfaced again, thanks to a new “picture” posted to YouTube that alleges the last moon landing, one from Apollo 17, was staged.
The video, which shows a picture that was allegedly taken in December 1972, is named “Reflection in a Visor.” The person who posted it, using the user name Streetcap1, claims that there is a reflection of a stagehand on the helmet of one of the astronauts.
At 21 seconds into the video, Streetcap1 points out what this person believes is someone not wearing a spacesuit. “I thought it looked a bit strange, so I took a picture of it using my software,” Streetcap 1 said in the video.
So… yeah. The video was also picked up by Newsweek and the Daily Mail.
The tweet Fox posted starts with “You be the judge,” and it set off quite a bit of Twitter mockery and disbelief:
You be the judge: Skeptics say picture debunks moon landing https://t.co/zA1zpgqwWL
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 20, 2017
The most appalling part of this story is not just that they’re pushing moon landing conspiracies but that the story itself mines the comments section & uses insane kooks as “sources” https://t.co/HoyeflpwKr
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) November 20, 2017
Fox News ladies and gentlemen. https://t.co/DNn47grSgp
— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) November 20, 2017
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) November 20, 2017
youre the network of seth rich conspiracies so why not go full infowars i guess https://t.co/XJgfOtQEmP
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 20, 2017
Buzz Aldrin will sock your nose. https://t.co/8fEA3609lJ
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 20, 2017
So, Fox is publishing stories based on youtube moon conspiracy videos? https://t.co/aNl85D928Q
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) November 20, 2017
You be the judge: Skeptics say the moon is made of green cheese and is populated by spacemice. https://t.co/hWXiVz0MXM
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 20, 2017
You be the judge: If aliens didn’t exist how could they star in movies? pic.twitter.com/RELLjxsqqU
— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 20, 2017
gotta hear both sides https://t.co/yjMeFHcuqN
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) November 20, 2017
“You be the judge?” OK, I’m judging everyone involved in allowing Fox News to promote this story as either dumber than a box of rocks, or incredibly slimy & willing to promote absolute lies. Everyone who approved this should be fired immediately. https://t.co/YZXSmj7Cek
— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) November 20, 2017
Folks, if the moon landing was faked by the US government, you all know Trump would have tweeted it out by now https://t.co/6PODVy7Wdj
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) November 20, 2017
You guys think that Fox News moon landing conspiracy article is bad, but it gives us another chance to post this Buzz Aldrin GIF pic.twitter.com/hilts7L1AA
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) November 20, 2017
Fox News descends into full on quackery. https://t.co/yh6VJdLsx7
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) November 20, 2017
And that Donald Trump threw Vladimir Putin off its surface to his death! https://t.co/4FEm3HHavD
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) November 20, 2017
i’ll be the judge: @FoxNews is peddling crap for clicks. Some guy made a video on the Internet! Stop the presses! https://t.co/7Pcr8tK10P
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) November 20, 2017
This tweet is the perfect encapsulation of Fox News’ approach to the idea of objective truth https://t.co/2Vts2ddTi6
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) November 20, 2017
Up next on Fox News: CHEMTRAILS ARE REAL, SHEEPLE.
Also, Fox News is garbage. https://t.co/dB1x0ZW1Fy
— Ed Bott (@edbott) November 20, 2017
Someone in my TL earlier asked what dumb thing we all were going to argue about today on twitter. Whoever you are, here’s your answer: https://t.co/kXRIrIqVGB
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 20, 2017
oh man, we’ve already come full circle to Fake News Classic https://t.co/2l5bt1PqlS
— Colin Campbell (@colincampbell) November 20, 2017
“We report, you decide” https://t.co/alxhK8F6j7
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) November 20, 2017
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