Failed Mayoral Candidate Declares Fact-Checks The Real Threat To Democracy After Comments Contradict Narrative

• • IF YOU CAN’T DEBUNK IT, DELETE IT

NOOSA, QLD — A failed mayoral candidate has reportedly entered the final stage of modern political grief by deleting comments that inconveniently contain evidence. Witnesses say the candidate’s latest social media campaign centred on claims that the Mayor was secretly volunteering backstage during a special event at the J for a David Williamson production, heroically shifting furniture between dramatic scenes, dressed in black under disguise during a work afternoon.

The problem, according to people familiar with reality, was that the Mayor wasn’t there.

After local residents pointed out that the Mayor was attending meetings elsewhere that afternoon - before later sitting in the audience as an ordinary patron, a troublesome new enemy emerged.

Facts.

DELETED

A detailed fact-check appeared beneath the post outlining timelines, eyewitness accounts and the radical suggestion that making one phone call to the theatre may have prevented the entire saga.

Unfortunately, the fact-check disappeared shortly afterwards, proving that deleting contradictory comments has become an increasingly popular strategy among people who believe politically biased moderation is easier than admitting they got something wrong. It seems the new approach is:

You accuse someone publicly, to suit your own seemingly misguided vitriolic narrative - your inaccurate evidence appears, then you delete any comments pointing to the actual facts, that way the internet becomes much quieter by just relying on your own fake news. Is the aim to demean and belittle the reputation of another who was a competitor last election?

This same page has been called out by the local State MP for its disgraceful and at times defamatory agenda - in a town that once enjoyed relief from such destructive toxicity as seen in the politics of Sydney and Canberra. Is the driving force Power and Money? Can’t stop the relatively new influx of people from these cities - it’s proving to be a tragic shame for them - that they bring their previous driven mindsets with them to live in this Paradise - created by Environmentally aware heroic figures from our past and present.

Residents described watching the apparent insignificant episode unfold - like someone insisting the Earth is flat before blocking anyone who owns a globe. Several locals admitted they had become confused. “I thought social media was where ideas compete,” said one resident. “Apparently it’s where ideas and narratives compete - until one arrives with receipts - then it’s a cover up.”

Experts believe the incident demonstrates an emerging communications model known as ‘Narrative Management Through Strategic Comment Removal’, where uncomfortable facts are quietly escorted from the premises before they upset a perfectly good conspiracy. What other posts pushed forward on an unsuspecting public exist with this type of bias and lack of credibility let alone actual Truth.

Local theatre volunteers also expressed relief that someone had finally solved the mystery of the invisible stagehand. “For days we thought we’d imagined who was actually helping,” one volunteer said. “Turns out it was apparently the Mayor… despite him not being there - He really is extremely talented.”

The question remains:

Is deleting evidence actually fact-checking, provided nobody is allowed to read the facts.