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  • 2017-01-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Were Six Anti-Trump Protesters Killed by a Truck While Blocking a Freeway? (en)
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  • On 4 January 2017 the Seattle Tribune web site published an article reporting that six individuals protesting the election of Donald Trump were killed in the course of blocking a freeway: Although the Seattle Tribune appears to be the digital edition of a real city newspaper, it is simply one of many fake news sites (along with the Boston Tribune and the Baltimore Gazette) that mimics the appearance of real metropolitan news outlets in order to spread hoaxes and generate ad revenue. The Seattle Tribune is the latest front employed by the well known fake news purveyor Associated Media Coverage: A number of fellow fake news or satire sites feature disclaimers informing readers their articles are fabricated, but Associated Media Coverage (and the Seattle Tribune) do not. Although the photograph used with the fake Seattle Tribune article was captioned Delivery truck collides with protesters chanting 'Dump Trump' in the middle of the freeway, the image was published as early as October 2016 and was unrelated to any incident involving anti-Trump protesters killed by a truck while blocking a freeway. (en)
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