The New York Times has been criticized for misrepresenting the Marubo people in the Amazon as new internet users when they have been online for years, including using Orkut. Critics accuse NYT of spreading lies and attacking Elon Musk.
The New York Times Misrepresented An Amazonian Tribe To Attack @ElonMusk READ IT: https://t.co/zL6rgK2IVS https://t.co/sNSGB7x7hX
The @nytimes is lying...because it is THEIR reporting that hasn't stood up to scrutiny. https://t.co/ED89yPW5mk
Blaze News investigates: 'Machines are made for man': The bittersweet reality of offering internet access to a remote Amazon tribe https://t.co/WA4HQt6gbW https://t.co/UzjKIYwaCk
Honestly it’s healthy that within days of a remote Amazon tribe getting the internet the New York Times is writing lies about them. Welcome to the real world, buckos. This is how it works. https://t.co/kXy34MvYtY
If you read the NYTimes recently, you'd think that the Marubo people in the Amazon just started using the internet. instead they've been on it for years, even using Orkut, Google's old social network https://t.co/3wmlQvsqQq https://t.co/0S78XOHSri