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  • 2018-12-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Did a Rape Victim Strip the Skin Off Her Attacker's Genitals with a Potato Peeler? (en)
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  • A gross, disturbing, and completely untrue story about a rape victim taking revenge on her attacker by stripping the skin off his genitals with a potato peeler was published on the website ABCNews5.com on 3 December 2018: This was not a genuine news story, nor is ABCNews5.com a genuine news website. Its URL mimics the domain of a TV network news operation in order to make its content appear reliable at first glance, but a brief inspection of the site raises a number of red flags. For instance, the title of its Science section is misspelled Sciens, it offers no contact information, and its staff appears to consist of one reporter, James Bleich, who has a history of sharing misinformation. In August 2018, Bleich published a similarly penis-themed story on a website seemingly affiliated with the Fox News Channel. A spokeswoman for the Horry County, South Carolina, Police Department, Mikayla Mercer, told a real ABC affiliate that their records showed nothing about this alleged incident: 'Nothing in our records or on our radar. Everything I have seen and heard indicates it is a hoax,' HCPD spokeswoman Mikayla Mercer said. Her counterpart in the Conway Police Department echoed that statement. (en)
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