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In May 2016, the web site Real News Right Now reported that the Portland City Council had voted to allow members of the furry community the ability to use dog parks in the same manner as actual dogs: The story is false: no such vote took place, and there is no such thing as the Equal Use Act, which the post promoted as the impetus for the decision. The story also attributed invented quotes to city council member Amanda Fritz and Mayor Charlie Hales. The furry story is par for the course for Real News Right Now, a humor site which bills writer R. Hobbus J.D. as a winner of three Nobel Peace Prize nominations and recognition from the prestigious Stephen Glass Distinction in Journalistic Integrity, a nod to the former New Republic reporter who was exposed as a serial fabricator in 1998. Hobbus's website has also reported that President Donald Trump planned to reinstate a U.S. military draft, and that right-wing radio host Alex Jones was taken from a Texas Starbucks coffee shop by shapeshifting reptilians.
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