Screenshot of post from 2019 by AFP News Agency reading: "@NASA is investigating what may be the first crime in outer space, with astronaut Anne McClain accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged wife's private financial records while on the ISS." @Lana@beige.party on Mastodon captions this with: "Lesbians are responsible for 100% of all space crime" is by far my favorite statistic to date. Just barely edging out "Mars is populated entirely by robots".
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[–] [M] 18 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

1 report: “misinformation”

The accusation and investigation really happened.

The conclusions made by the color commentary are inadmissible and, true or false, funny to read. And I doubt very seriously it was a deliberate attempt to mislead or slander.

General life advice: I discourage the reporter and everyone else from using a meme community as any kind of news source.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm not the reporter but just for my understanding: Spreading false information about a real person is not misinformation if it is

    • funny
    • maybe not deliberate
    • posted in a meme community

    Am I getting this right?

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