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In early January 2023, readers asked if a rumor was true that said Twitter owner Elon Musk had bought Google. However, this claim was false. At the same time that this rumor was beginning spread, readers were flocking to one of our past stories about another rumor that claimed Musk's father, Errol, once owned an emerald mine. The rumor about Musk buying Google started on Jan. 8 when the user or users behind a YouTube channel named Elon Musk Zone posted a new video with the title, Elon Musk: 'I OFFICIALLY Bought Google.' The video began by announcing, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has shocked many after he officially bought Google. The thumbnail image for the video showed a doctored picture of Musk with Google CEO Sundar Pichai, as HITC.com noted in its reporting about this rumor. A disclaimer buried in the YouTube video's description read somewhat like those that we've see on websites that claim to publish satire and parody. However, this disclaimer did not mention the words satire or parody. Instead, the disclaimer only said the following: Our channel is not associated with Elon Musk in ANY way and is purely made for entertainment purposes, based on facts, rumors, and fiction. Nothing in this video is financial or medical advice. The beginning of the fictional story that was presented in the video was narrated as follows: If readers see any questionable YouTube videos in the future, we recommend completely reading through the description of the video as well as checking the About page for the channel. One or both of those places might include a disclaimer much like the one we found under the fictional video from Elon Musk Zone.
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