A fake news story may have caused an American man to attack a pizzeria with a gun, but Jordan has its own problems with false media reports.
Amman has faced heavy rainfall throughout Wednesday, which has reportedly caused water levels to rise on roads across the Jordanian capital. Some, however, seem to have got carried away, apparently sharing pictures of the dramatic flooding of 2014 instead.
The Official Twitter account for the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) tweeted the following, this afternoon:
— أمانة عمّان الكُُبرى (@GAMtweets) December 14, 2016
The photo reads: “Watch out for the sharing of photos and news about the flooding, immersion and closure of some of the roads of Amman city, which use old pictures from previous years. We request that our brother and sister citizens make sure of the validity of news that is circulating, and investigate closely [before] sharing them and participating on social media.”
The head of the GAM’s social media unit tweeted this:
مواقع اخبارية تستخدم صور قديمة لمدينة #عمان وتروج بانها اليوم مش ضروري تربكو الشعب !!!؟؟ pic.twitter.com/AMIcFZzSHb
— Othman Alshobaki (@Othmanalshobaki) December 14, 2016
News sites are using old photographs of the city of #Amman and claiming that they are from today. It isn't necessary to confuse people!!??
A Jordanian news broadcaster also had this to say:
يالله اللي عنده صور قديمة لفيضانات الشتويات الماضية يبلش ينشر انه #حدث_اليوم
— ديما علم فراج (@Deema22) December 14, 2016
اخ بس على كل واحد ذمته واسعة وبس هدفه الاساءة#لا_اعمم #الاردن
Oh my God! Anyone who has old pictures of the flooding from previous winters has begun to publish them as if they were #Today'sNews They have no conscience, and their aim is nothing but wrongdoing.
It might not be a fake news story on the scale of America’s “pizzagate”, but Jordanians really want people to get it right when talking about flooding in their biggest city!
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