#TruthBeTold
#taiwan #winter #olympics #gold #medals
The truth is...
ROC came in second in overall medals won at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
(source: https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/medal-standings.htm)
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#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)
Pictured:
Kuo Hsing-chun, she won the Gold Medal in weightlifting in 2021, as well as multiple world championships (photo credit 總統府, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuo_Hsing-Chun_20170907_(cropped).jpg)
Sung Ching-yang, he won two Gold Medals in roller sports at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou (photo credit 阿文, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%BB%91%E8%BC%AA%E6%BA%9C%E5%86%B0%E9%81%8B%E5%8B%95%E5%93%A1%E5%AE%8B%E9%9D%92%E9%99%BD.jpg&oldid=442189444)
@Pat What is 'TruthBeTold' about this?
This one was really created by the IOC, I just leaned into it. The photos and the #taiwan tag make it look like Taiwan won all those medals and came in second place, but they didn't.
The statement I made, "ROC came in second in overall medals won at the 2022 Winter Olympics" is technically true, but the context in this toot (and the confusing abbreviations) makes it misleading.
How did you know that ROC stands for Russian Olympic Committee? Did you hear it before somewhere?
@Pat Sure, last olympics they already had a ROC going?
@Pat Mm, I guess I didn't get fazed by the misleading part.