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  • 2016-12-14 (xsd:date)
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  • Did a Mall Santa Beat Up a Child Molester? (en)
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  • In December 2016, the Thug Life Videos website published an article which reported positing that a mall Santa in Wisconsin had beaten up a child molester:  Thug Life Video publishes a mixture of viral content and fake news pieces. While this particular piece of holiday fiction was not labeled as a hoax or as satire, it was not a genuine news item. For one thing, no record of this incident taking place was published anywhere but viral and hoax news websites. Furthermore, the included pictures were lifted from unrelated incidents (a common tactic for fake news organizations) and do not show a mall Santa named Nicholas Cooper as he is being arrested for beating up Kris Kane. The picture of Santa getting arrested was taken in 2013 after a protest against Black Friday in Ontario, California, and the mugshot of Kris Kane actually shows a man who was charged with trespassing in 2012. (en)
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