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On March 19, 2021, the World News Daily Report published an article positing that Chinese customs officers had seized more than 7,200 penises of African origin on a cargo ship from Nigeria: 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: The same fabricated text was subsequently published verbatim, without a satire disclaimer, on several websites (for example, The Street Journal) that gave the misleading impression they were providing actual news. For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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