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The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.
These sites are not to be confused with fake news websites, which deliberately publish hoaxes in an attempt to profit from gullible readers. [2] [3] News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism , and called a satire because of its content.
Common characteristics of fake news websites, as noted by many fact-checkers and journalists, are sorted into several categories: Source credibility Impostor sites that appear to be legitimate news sites, newspapers, television stations or radio stations, often using spoofed URLs or imitating the layout and graphics of established news sites.
Spread hoaxes since February 2016, including the false claim of a late-night motorcycle curfew. [9] [10] [8] Baltimore Gazette. baltimoregazette.com. Unrelated to Baltimore Gazette, a 19th-century newspaper. Possibly part of same network as Associated Media Coverage, another fake news site. [9] [11] Blog.VeteranTV.net.
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Comprobado (hosted by Maldita.es). [135] Miniver.org: the first fact-checking web in Spain, launched in 2017, with the purpose of debunking fake news. Accredited by Google as fact-checking organization. [136] Newtral: Spanish fact-checking organization founded by journalist Ana Pastor from LaSexta.
NBC News identified more than a dozen victims and reviewed dozens of social media posts and online complaints and hundreds of misleading ads for products being sold to Trump supporters.
MediaFetcher.com is a fake news website generator. It has various templates for creating false articles about celebrities of a user's choice. Often users miss the disclaimer at the bottom of the page, before re-sharing. The website has prompted many readers to speculate about the deaths of various celebrities.