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  • 2018-01-12 (xsd:date)
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  • Dolly Parton Said California’s 'Biblical Disasters' Were Punishment For 'Embracing Satan?' (en)
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  • In January 2018, click-seeking web site YourNewsWire.com fabricated an inflammatory Dolly Parton quote -- a sure-fire way to attract attention. According to the web site, the actress and country music star blamed California's recent natural disasters on the city's embracing Satan: The web site likely targeted Parton because of news this week that the dinner show attractionDolly Parton's Dixie Stampede had stripped the word Dixie from its title to avoid glorifying the antebellum South. The show will now be known as Dolly Parton's Stampede. The news angered a portion of the public (mainly those upset over the removal of confederate monuments), providing Your News Wire with another opportunity to stir the pot. The quote Your News Wire reported does not appear in any genuine news publication. The web site doesn't provide any video or audio recording to prove that Parton actually spoke these words. This fictional quote also stands in stark contrasts to Parton's previous comments and actions following natural disasters. After fires ravaged Tennessee in November 2016, for instance, the country icon established the My People Fund to aid the recovery effort. She said at the time: The success of the My People Fund inspired Parton to lend a hand to other disaster victims. After a series of hurricanes battered the United States in 2017, she donated books and money to One America Appeal for Hurricane Relief. Nor does the quote square with Parton's previously-stated religious beliefs. In a 2015 Reuters interview, she spoke about the need for tolerance: (en)
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