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RE: Stephen King and the Proliferation of Fake News
Interesting, so I looked it up on Google the best I could find was this from the World Economic Forum:
Last year (in this case last year was 2015), a study estimated that around eight million metric tons of our plastic waste enter the oceans from land each year. Japan catches about 5 million metric tons a year, so you are right Mr. King's data is wrong. I know for a fact that the plastic used on six-packs is especially dangerous for small fish. So despite Mr King's tweet being wrong we do have to find a way to discard plastic in a safe way.
But yes, I think Mr. King's tweet was fake news so I agree with you.
Exactly. He's not wrong on the intent, just the data. I can't for the life of me find where he got the idea, unless it was just misreading that Guardian article.
As such, he does a disservice to the cause. If you want to convince people to care about something, at least respect them enough to do it with truth.