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In early February 2021, a misleading online advertisement about an American congresswoman was displayed on the Outbrain advertising network. It said that U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, was married and teased a reveal of her husband's name: Readers who clicked the ad were led to a story on the Hollywood Tale website. It spanned 87 pages. However, the article said nothing about Ocasio-Cortez actually being married or having a husband. That's because she was not married at the time. Near the very end of the story, an incomplete and poorly written page described her boyfriend. The headline of the page left blank the amount of time that the couple had been together. The author also misspelled and failed to capitalize the name of a magazine. The Hollywood Tale page read as follows: It's true that a 2018 story from Vogue chronicled the relationship between Ocasio-Cortez and her boyfriend, Riley Roberts: In sum, Ocasio-Cortez was not married in early February 2021. The misleading online advertisement was nothing more than clickbait.
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