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  • 2019-07-12 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Judge Award Sasha and Malia Obama’s 'Biological Father' $14 Million? (en)
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  • That Malia and Sasha Obama, the daughters of former President Barack Obama, remain favorite targets of clickbait junk news stories was demonstrated yet again in July 2019 with the publication of an article on the PotatriotsUnite.com website entitled Judge Awards Sasha and Malia Obama’s Biological Father $14 Million. The article proceeds from the counterfactual proposition that Barack Obama was in a same-sex relationship before his daughters were conceived and selected another man to be their biological father: If you're having trouble making sense of all that (much less believing it), you are not alone. The reason the article reads like a hastily written, sophomoric attempt at humor is because that's precisely what it is. PotatriotsUnite.com is part of America's Last Line of Defense (LLOD), a network of websites and social media accounts infamous for generating fabricated, politically inflammatory content under the rubric of satire. Bahrain, Utah isn't a real place. Samuel Kepelplorp and Michael Flemingston Robbins aren't the names of real people. Not only is Art Tubolls not the name of an actual attorney, but that same fictitious entity has been mentioned in countless other junk news stories published by the same network of sites. We won't even attempt to plumb the logic of the narrative. A disclaimer on PotatriotsUnite.com (the same disclaimer found on all LLOD affiliates) reads as follows: Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real. If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined. Any similarities between this site’s pure fantasy and actual people, places, and events are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and satirical. (en)
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