Birdwatch Note Rating
2022-10-11 17:04:32 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 271BAF3D8F1B2880B45EEA98C5DB05E0FD2975FBC4825C07B16FB3DD1CCE56A2
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Original Note:
Although stories about rainbow-colored fentanyl have been vastly overblown, they were not "made up by Fox News". They're based on a scaremongering press-release from the DEA which warned of a trend in fentanyl "made to look like candy to children and young people" https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2022/08/30/dea-warns-brightly-colored-fentanyl-used-target-young-americans https://reason.com/2022/10/06/undeterred-by-past-failures-the-press-goes-all-in-on-rainbow-fentanyl-panic/
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