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Shortly after Doug Jones was declared the winner of Alabama’s special Senate election on 13 December 2017 (a feat accomplished by no other Democrat in 25 years), ReaganWasRight.com published a hoax article questioning the results of the election and appearing to report that three poll workers had been arrested for voter fraud: There is no truth to this story; ReaganWasRight.com is part of a network of fake news sites that have a history of publishing misinformation. It bills itself as a satire publication and carries a large Satire rating tag (as well as a definition of the word) at the bottom of all of its articles: The web site also carries a disclaimer labeling all of its content as fiction: Although Reagan Was Right clearly carries a disclaimer labeling its content as satire, its articles are frequently republished on web sites that make no distinction between fact and fiction. Many readers encountered this article, for instance, on the web site AmericanRevolution.co, which presented this work of fiction as if it were breaking news. However, it is neither news nor breaking. Regardless of where this content is published, three poll workers were not arrested in Alabama for committing voter fraud during the state's special election in December 2017, and this story contains no truth.
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