# Official sources state… this is quite funny

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/11/17/official-sources-state-this-is-quite-funny/
- Published: 2020-11-17T16:15:29+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**You might have noticed that Twitter is adding contextual or warning labels to 
tweets from public figures that are misrepresenting the truth or otherwise distributing
misleading or unverified content. This has been applied to tweets about COVID-19
and to tweets about this month’s Presidential election in the USA.**

“This claim about election fraud is disputed” says one, with a link to an independent
source of information, with others stating “multiple sources called this election
differently” and “some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and
might be misleading about an election or other civic process”.

The need for a social media company to have to counter statements from democratically
elected government leaders is alarming. But the labels have inspired several fundraisers
to share with wry humour some widely encountered myths of fundraising.
 

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_[Tweet at https://twitter.com/\_David\_Lacey/status/1328647053149429761 is no longer
available]_

> We don't have any potential major donors that we're unaware of.
> ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀
> 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
> — Beth Upton (@Beth_Upton) [November 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/Beth_Upton/status/1328647892849074182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

> Donors can't wait for [#GivingTuesday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GivingTuesday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> 
> ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
> — John Thompson, fundraising consultant (@JTCHANGINGBIZ) [November 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/JTCHANGINGBIZ/status/1328654418707951620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

_[Tweet at https://twitter.com/jonathan\_m\_cook/status/1328654375875735558 no 
longer available]_

 You can find out more about Twitter’s approach to [highlighting and challenging misleading information](https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2020/updating-our-approach-to-misleading-information.html).

**Which myths about fundraising would you suggest deserve an “official sources stated
that this is false and misleading” label? Share them (or your tweet if you tweet
your response) in the comments below.**
 

 * **[Five tweets for fundraisers on 3 June 2021](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/06/03/five-tweets-for-fundraisers-on-3-june-2021/)**(
   3 June 2021)
 * **[Five tweets for fundraisers – 27 September 2021](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/09/28/five-tweets-for-fundraisers-27-september-2021/)**(
   28 September 2021)
 * **[Bensons for Beds becomes Bensons for Heads in support of Mind](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/10/08/bensons-for-beds-becomes-bensons-for-heads-in-support-of-mind/)**(
   8 October 2021)