After a far-right French politician took an absurd claim about Hideo Kojima as truth, it started to appear in news outlets.
In the last hour, Rieu has apologised, saying:"I naively took a joke for information. I didn't think people would make jokes about the assassination of a man but I was wrong not to verify before sharing. My apologies to Hideo Kojima and to the fans of Metal Gear."
J’ai naïvement pris une blague pour une information. Je ne pensais pas qu’on pouvait faire de l’humour sur l’assassinat d’un homme mais j’ai eu tort de ne pas vérifier avant de partager. Mes excuses à #HideoKojima et aux fans de #MetalGear 🙏🏼 https://t.
Hideo Kojima has made no comment about the incident, though as with all these things, even the most obvious denials don't tend to remove the waft of bullshit entirely. It is ironic, though doubtless of little comfort, that a creative who warned decades ago of how the internet's structure could only lead to widespread misinformation should be the subject of exactly that.
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