The Hamburglar? How a Story About Meat Limits Fell Apart
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.
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NEW YORK (AP) — 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…