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Example: [Collected via email, March 2015] Just want to verify that the story below is true: new Muslim Barbie? Origins: On 1 March 2015, the disreputable click-baiting web site American News regurgitated (and twisted) a news story from 2009 about a burka Barbie doll: According to recent reports, Barbie just made the controversial decision to release the latest new iconic doll, complete with a burka. The new Barbie is shown wearing a traditional Islamic dress with a mesh eyehole, and was displayed at an auction house in Florence, Italy to raise money for Save The Children. The Auction was part of celebrations held for Barbie's 50th anniversary. I have seen some pretty tawdry advertising campaigns in my time, but I must say this one takes the cake for insensitivity, (critic Barbara Kay) writes. What's next in dolls that are 'important for girls to play with?' Illiterate Barbie? Forced-Marriage Barbie?In addition to misleading its readers about when the burka Barbie was created, American News included several other bits of misinformation. Primarily, Mattel did not create a Burka Barbie for the toy's 50th anniversary in 2009: the doll, which was an independent creation by Italian designer Eliana Lorena, was one of 500 dolls that was put up for auction that year as part of a benefit for the Save the Children Foundation: View image gettyimages.comAlthough Mattel supported the charity auction, the company did not launch the Burka Barbie to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Only a single doll of this description was produced (by someone else) for a charity auction; Mattel neither made nor sold the custom novelty doll created by Eliana Lorena.
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