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On March 30, 2020, We Are the LLOD published an article positing that a man named Kenneth McCormick was found dead after he started investigating the charitable foundation run by former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: This item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. The article originated with a website that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature, as follows: We Are the LLOD is a website that is clearly marked as satire. This particular article, too, indicated its humorous nature by making several references to fictional characters from the animated television show South Park. The name Kenneth McCormick, for instance, refers to a character better known as Kenny, who was killed in every episode during the show's earlier seasons. Later in the article, Stan Marsh and Eric Cartman (both South Park characters) also make an appearance. The article even ends with an image of Kenny. Although this article was clearly marked as satire on the website We Are the LLOD, this piece of fiction was later republished on websites (such as zonenews-24 and Storenewss) with no indications that the content was fictitious. For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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