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  • 2021-11-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla Was Not Arrested (de)
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  • On Nov. 5, 2021, a rumor started circulating on social media that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla had been arrested for fraud: This was not true. Bourla was not arrested by the FBI on Nov. 5, 2021. This rumor appears to have originated with an article published on the website ConservativeBeaver.com. That article claimed that not only had Bourla been arrested, but that police had ordered a media blackout on the arrest. The website writes: This is not a genuine news article. The Conservative Beaver publishes a mix of news commentary and conspiratorial hoaxes. For example, it previously published a fictitious story claiming that actor Alec Baldwin had been arrested in a child-pornography case. This is false. Interestingly, the Conservative Beaver published this falsehood about Bourla being arrested on the same day that Bourla made multiple television appearances. On Nov. 5, Bourla appeared on CNN to talk about a new pill Pfizer had developed to combat COVID-19, something that would have been difficult to do if he had truly been arrested for fraud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F7PuLK6LnEBourla also appeared on CNBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWTpjP9CO3AConspiratorial junk news websites often claim that there was a media blackout in an attempt to explain why their fictitious stories aren't receiving coverage in the mainstream press. The reason that the mainstream press hasn't covered this story, however, is because the CEO of Pfizer was not arrested for fraud. (en)
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