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  • 2017-06-28 (xsd:date)
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  • Whataburger Closing Its Doors? (en)
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  • A prank Facebook post that appeared to link to an article reporting that the restaurant chain Whataburger was closing its doors appeared in June 2017: However, clicking on the link takes you to a fake news story about the restaurant chain's faux announcement on the prank web site Channel22news.com: Channel22News is clearly labeled with various disclaimers and carries a you got owned meme in its header: Channel22News, as well as other sites of its ilk, allow users to generate their own fake news stories. These stories are then packaged into social media posts that resemble genuine news items. Because many people share links on social media without actually reading the stories, these pranks frequently reach large audiences. In response to the prank, Whataburger created a Facebook post of their own: (en)
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