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After Mass Shooting in Idaho, Social Media Users Invoke Internet Meme to Blame an Innocent Man

After Mass Shooting in Idaho, Social Media Users Invoke Internet Meme to Blame an Innocent Man

Jul 01, 2025
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By Chiara Vercellone

An X user shares an altered photo of Rhode Island-based comedian Sam Hyde to claim the June 2025 Idaho shooter was a foreign terrorist. (Screenshot via NewsGuard)

What happened: For reasons that nobody can explain, since at least 2015, a Rhode Island comedian named Sam Hyde has been repeatedly and falsely blamed on social media for al…

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