Media defends AOC’s honor.

Parody Account Mocking AOC Causes Controversy

The liberal media are in an uproar over a parody account that mocks Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.). The account, which recently received a boost from Twitter owner Elon Musk, has been accused of spreading disinformation and harassing the progressive congresswoman.

“The account is fooling some of the people who read its tweets—bringing to life some of the fears about Musk’s paid verification system that stripped legacy verified users of their blue check marks. In the replies, there is a mix of responses from people taking the tweets at face value and attributing them to the real Ocasio-Cortez, while others point out that it’s a parody account.”

The account’s most viral tweet plays into a sexist trope that Musk and other conservatives have embraced since his Twitter takeover—that Ocasio-Cortez is secretly attracted to him.

“As Ocasio-Cortez pointed out herself, Musk engaging with the fake account both legitimizes it and helps boost its visibility on the platform. But Musk’s joking is also indicative of the right wing’s weird obsession with the New York representative. Republicans hate Ocasio-Cortez and are quick to blame her for just about anything. But they also all seem to find her attractive, creating a bizarre dynamic that leaves the rest of us baffled.”

While fact-checkers have debunked many fake AOC tweets in the past, the media have failed to ask why the over-the-top parody account, which is labeled as such, is so convincing.

Is AOC a Victim of Her Own Making?

Some argue that AOC’s appeal is a matter of rhetoric and personality, not of policy acumen or relevant experience. She has struggled with facts and basic norms about American civic life, and has been known to spread disinformation of her own.

“AOC wants so much to be a victim that she’s now spreading a conspiracy theory that Elon Musk personally messed with her phone so it wouldn’t load up Twitter. Because technical issues never happen, right?”

But unlike certain billionaires associated with the right, AOC has often gotten a pass from the media—or better.

“U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was arrested during an abortion-rights demonstration outside the Supreme Court. She didn’t fake the arrest.”

It’s almost as though the media aren’t trustworthy themselves.

“More than 50 former senior intelligence officials believe the recent disclosure of emails allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden ‘has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.’”

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