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Pete Buttigieg on hurricane misinformation: 'We've never seen anything like we have at this level'

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Summary
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57% Informative

There's been a reckless, irresponsible and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies that are disturbing people.

It's undermining confidence in the incredible rescue and recovery work that has already been taken and will continue to be taken.

There's one United States of America where neighbors are helping. Neighbors, volunteers and 1st responders are risking everything.

Vice President Mike Pence : "It's not about politics. It shouldn't be about politics" Vice President says local officials are doing an extraordinary job in trying to combat misinformation.

He says it's unconscionable that anyone who would consider themselves a leader would mislead desperate people to not receive aid.

More than 8000 federal personnel on the ground, hundreds just from my department alone out there helping.

They deserve good information and the truth, he says.

And I don't care if you're in office or you're just a very visible person out there. Anybody who has a platform has a responsibility to use that platform to make sure people get good information.

VR Score

61

Informative language

57

Neutral language

64

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

43

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

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