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    Blowing the Whistle on a Misinforming Meme

    by Saranac Hale Spencer Nov 11, 2019 2 minutes
    Quick Take

    Memes circulating widely on social media misidentify a former White House staffer as the whistleblower who touched off the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

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    Pictures of from 2016 flooded social media last week, with many of them bearing a red circle around the face of a man wearing glasses. Those memes claim that he is the whistleblower about the actions of President Donald Trump regarding Ukraine. He isn’t.

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