Stocks Briefly Spooked By ‘Confirmed Fake’ Report Of Explosion Near Pentagon

Stocks Briefly Spooked By ‘Confirmed Fake’ Report Of Explosion Near Pentagon Update (1035ET): As we suspected, a Pentagon spokeserson has confirmed there has been no explosion at The Pentagon this morning. So as we asked at the bottom: who started it? *  *  * The S&P 500 kneejerked notably lower this morning after headlines hit social media of an explosion near the Pentagon. While completely unconfirmed, a number of media outlets are showing the images (and some are deleting it already)… Interestingly this is being amplified in Ukraine/Russia… Many reactions are that this is fake and we tend to agree given the total lack of confirmation by any major media outlet. If so, the most important question is – who started it? Welcome to the future of AI-created propaganda images Faked AI images moving markets…welcome to the future… 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ — Michael Brown (@MrMBrown) May 22, 2023   Tyler Durden Mon, 05/22/2023 – 10:18