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Same owner as The Fake News Generator. [286] cbsnews.us cbsnews.us Same owner as The Fake News Generator. [286] channel22news.com channel22news.com Same owner as Channel 23 News. [51] [282] Channel 23 News Channel23News.com Prank website for generating false stories. [46] Channel24news.com Channel24news.com Impostor site, per PolitiFact.
The New York Times noted in a December 2016 article that fake news had previously maintained a presence on the Internet and within tabloid journalism in years prior to the 2016 U.S. election. [11] However, prior to the election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, fake news had not impacted the election process to such a high degree. [11]
Nik Cohn's New York magazine article, "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night", which was the source material for the movie Saturday Night Fever, and which Cohn admitted decades later had been fiction, not reportage. David Manning, a fictitious film critic created by Sony in order to praise Columbia Pictures films for advertising purposes.
Fake news websites like to republish old stories to try to trick you into taking interest over and over again, according to USA Today. 5. If the headline is outrageous, take time to read the article.
Fake news website that has published claims about the pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 reappearing, a billionaire wanting to recruit 1,000 women to bear his children, and an Adam Sandler death hoax. [173] [174] [175] LiveMonitor livemonitor.co.za Fake news website in South Africa, per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [133] lockerdome.com
21st-century fake news is often intended to increase the financial profits of the news outlet. In an interview with NPR, Jestin Coler, former CEO of the fake media conglomerate Disinfomedia, told who writes fake news articles, who funds these articles, and why fake news creators create and distribute false information. Coler, who has since left ...
The following are types of articles that often get speedy deletion. Just don't. Unless you really want to (read the next section for more info). Nonsense: A bunch of useless characters; Nonsensitive text and jokes; Anything else that is not useful in any way; Joke and troll content: Obvious fake information for only purposes of humor or trolling
The site's disclaimer states "All news articles contained within National Report are fiction, and presumably fake news. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental." [30] [24] [31] [9] [32] [8] Nevada County Scooper (NC Scooper) ncscooper.com Satire site, per Snopes.