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  • 2014-08-25 (xsd:date)
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  • Vince Gilligan Announces 'Breaking Bad' Season 6? (en)
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  • On 25 August 2014, the National Report published an article positing that the creator of the popular AMC TV drama Breaking Bad had announced the series would be returning for a sixth season of new episodes: By the following day links and excerpts referencing this article were being circulated via social media, with many of those who encountered the item mistaking it for a genuine news article. However, the article was just another bit of fake news from the National Report that was republished on other sites as well. All of these sources are fake news sites who publish outrageous fictional stories with clickbait headlines such as IRS Plans to Target Leprechauns Next, Boy Scouts Announce Boobs Merit Badge, and New CDC Study Indicates Pets of Gay Couples Worse at Sports, Better at Fashion Than Pets of Straight Couples. The National Report's disclaimer page notes that all of the site's articles are fiction: On 14 October 2014 another fake news site, Empire News, published an article with the very same premise: The item was just as much as a bit of fiction as the previous one. Empire News is another one of the many fake news sites that publishes sensationalized made-up stories such as Body Found Under Motel Bed, George W. Bush Arrested for Cocaine Possession, and Congress Approves Bill That Will Offer Free Automobiles to Welfare Recipients. Their disclaimer page notes that Empire News is a satirical and entertainment website. Season two of Better Call Saul, the follow-on prequel series about Breaking Bad's conniving criminal lawyer character Saul Goodman, has featured appearances from several Breaking Bad characters such as the Cousins and Hector Salamanca. Some sharp-eyed fans of the latter show noticed that first letter of each of the episode titles in Better Call Saul’s second season are an anagram for the phrase FRING’S BACK, heralding the potential reappearance of Breaking Bad drug lord Gus Fring: As Variety noted of the tease: (en)
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