An academic study published a year before Biden became president was used to speculate that he would place limits on how much red meat Americans can consume.
The Hamburglar? How a story about meat limits fell apart.
A story about President Joe Biden limiting red meat consumption caught fire. The only problem: He never said it.
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Joe Biden works the grill during the Polk County Democrats Steak Fry in Des Moines, Iowa in 2019. Biden spent only a weekend as the Hamburglar in the conservative media world, but the incident illustrated the speed at which a false and damaging story can spread. [ CHARLIE NEIBERGALL | AP ]
Updated Apr. 28
NEW YORK â President Joe Biden spent only a weekend as the âHamburglarâ in the conservative media world.
But while the false story lasted, it moved with a damaging speed and breadth, another example of a closed ecosystem of information affecting public opinion.
The real fake news: Conservative media serves up red-meat false stories that rile up right-wing audiences
President Joe Biden spent only a weekend as the “Hamburglar” in the conservative media world.
But while the false story lasted, it moved with a damaging speed and breadth, another example of a closed ecosystem of information affecting public opinion.
An academic study published a year before Biden became president was used to speculate that he would place limits on how much red meat Americans can consume as part of his stated goal to sharply reduce greenhouse gas pollution.
It was a potentially potent, visceral argument with punchy cable TV octane, namely that Biden was trying to limit people to eating one hamburger a month an allegation that could seriously undermine his climate change plan before he even announced it.
Joe Biden isn t going to take away your burgers (opinion) CNN 10 hrs ago
First things first: Joe Biden isn t going to take away your hamburgers.
There s a bizarre rumor going around in right-wing circles and being spread by Fox News and Republican members of Congress that President Biden is scheming to come into your kitchen and pry the cold, dead beef out of your hands. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado claimed that Democrats want to limit us to about four pounds [of beef] a year, a falsity echoed on Fox by host Jesse Watters, who said, That adds up to a burger a month. That s it.
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