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On 9 November 2017, one day after Ravi Bhalla was elected mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, a fake news web site called Reagan Was Right posted a story that not only misstates Bhalla's religion but is awash in stereotypes in doing so — all in the name of satire. According to the post: First of all, Bhalla is a Sikh, and does not practice Islam. Whether satirical in nature or not, the stereotypes indulged in the story dovetail with the findings of a 2015 study released by the National Sikh Campaign: The story uses a picture apparently taken from Bhalla's Twitter account. We contacted his campaign seeking comment on the use of that photograph and the satirical piece. Secondly, the site contains two disclaimers. The first, located under each post, states: But the second identifies the site by another name: As American as Apple Pie is affiliated with numerous similarly satirical web sites including FreedumJunkshun.com, which published a story in October 2017 calling United States Army Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in combat in Niger, a defector. The site later apologized and said it would donate the article from that piece to a charity for bereaved military families, Operation We Are Here. However, when we contacted that organization, it told us that it had not been notified on the matter.
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