Facebook fact-checked a screenshotted Elon Musk quote about energy independence: The Media Research Center posted a graphic quoting Tesla Founder Elon Musk comments about the need to supplement oil and gas output. "Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil & gas output immediately. Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures," the quote graphic read. MRC captioned the post saying "Joe Biden destroyed American energy independence. Learn more: keystonedocumentary.org" Facebook claimed that the post was "missing context" and cited an AFP fact-check article that conflated the term "energy independence" with "energy isolation." MRC Free Speech America's research found that other experts and even other fact-checkers openly disagreed with AFP's evaluation of energy independence.
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