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False claims suggesting that the BBC has been misreporting temperatures in southern Europe have been spreading on social media.

A clip of Neil Oliver, a GB News presenter, accusing the BBC "and others" of "driving fear" by using "supposedly terrifying temperatures", has been viewed more than two million times.

For the past few weeks, an intense heatwave has been sweeping through parts of southern Europe and north Africa, with extensive wildfires breaking out in Greece, Italy and Algeria - leading to more than 40 deaths.

Speaking about the fires on Rhodes on GB News on Monday, Mr Oliver accused the BBC, and other broadcasters, of trying to "make people terrified of the weather".

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[–] dooger_chogany 82 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Seen quite literally during the pandemic.

[–] agitatedpotato 46 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Yep, with the future in store for the earth the pandemic was basically a social test and the results weren't promising.

[–] elbarto777 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I look at the bright side. Many idiots won the Darwin award during the pandemic.

The problem with these new idiots is that they won't get to experience their idiocy because they live in a place that's not affected yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely, now these fools can Darwin award the whole planet! For a couple of people to be really rich!

[–] elbarto777 1 points 1 year ago

Nah. Earth will be fine. We and any species that won't adapt to the shit we did, not so much.

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