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Fake CNN Website Tries to Frame Hispanic Group for Wildfires
October 29, 2007 |
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This post, written by Lindsay Beyerstein, originally appeared on Majikthise
Speaking of fake news... Someone registered the domain name "cnnheadlienews" on Oct. 25 2007, to run a bogus news story alleging that Hispanic separatist group had claimed responsibility for setting the California wildfires.
The page is dummied up to look like a CNN web page. There's no other content on the site. A WHOIS search reveals that the page is registered to something called "Bleach Boy Manufacturing."
There is no such corporation on file with the Tennessee Secretary of State.
Katharine Zalecki of Huffington Post reports that some anti-immigrant websites cited the story as fact, without noticing or caring that the url was a dead giveaway.
Lindsay Beyerstein a New York writer blogging at Majikthise.
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