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On Feb. 21, 2021, Patheos published an article positing that the hotel chain Marriott had revoked the rewards points accrued by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz after the Republican violated a morality clause when he took a controversial, high-profile trip to Cancun, Mexico, during a historical winter storm that killed dozens and left millions of Texans without power. This item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. The article originated with the Laughing in Disbelief column on Patheos, whose author Andrew Hall describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature, as follows: Hall's columns typically include a person with the name Canard, a French-derived word meaning a baseless or meritless story or rumor. In the Cruz story, the Marriott CEO was named Andrew Canard, a hint that the piece was not intended to be taken seriously. Additionally, a hyperlink under Andrew Canard led readers to the Laughing in Disbelief satire disclaimer. Although the article included that link to the satire disclaimer, several social media users who shared it appeared not to have understood that the piece was intended to be humorous, rather than a serious, accurate news report. For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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