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  • 2016-02-23 (xsd:date)
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  • Hitchhiker Killed by Muslims? (en)
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  • On 19 February 2016, the web site Yes I'm Right shared a story about a woman who had been raped and murdered while hitchhiking in the Middle East: This Facebook post (and blatantly clickbaiting headline) linked to an article (riddled with inconsistencies, bad information, and misspellings) about the death of Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, better known as Pippa Bacca, a performing artist who was killed during a world peace effort known as Brides on Tour: While the Yes I'm Right story was based on a New York Times article published in April 2008, the web site made no attempt to inform its readers that the incident had taken place over eight years earlier and that they were republishing a years-old story with no clarification about when it occurred. In addition to misleading their readers about the time frame of the incident, Yes I'm Right also falsely claimed that the mainstream media were ignoring the story. While it's true that most mainstream media outlets did not write about Pippa Bacca in February 2016, it is because the incident, shocking and tragic as it was, was an eight-year-old story by then. Yes I'm Right also emphasized that Bacca was on a mission to prove that Muslims were peaceful. But in her description of the Brides on Tour project, Bacca and her traveling partner Silvia Moro made no mention of Muslims. Instead, Morro described their project in an interview as simply a way to promote peace in a general sense: The Yes I'm Right article also alleged that Bacca's death was directly attributable to religious views in the Middle East: Yet shortly after Bacca's death, officials emphasized that her murder was not motivated by religion: As the incident occurred eight years ago and Turkey is an officially secular country, it's not clear how Yes I'm Right concluded (despite the statements from law enforcement and her own family) that Bacca had been killed over religion. While it is true that Pippa Bacca was murdered while hitchhiking in Turkey during a world peace effort known as Brides on Tour, this incident occurred in 2008 (not 2016), and her death was not tied to any religious motives. (en)
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