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  • 2016-01-19 (xsd:date)
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  • FALSE: McDonald's Parasitic Worm Outbreak Linked Back to Ground Worm Filler in Patties (en)
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  • On 12 January 2016 multiple fake news sites published articles reporting that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) had linked an outbreak of parasitic roundworm disease to the use of worm filler in McDonald's beef patties. A version published on the fake news web site breaking13news (and republished by ILyke.co a few days later) was titled CDC: McDonald's Parasitic Worm Outbreak Linked Back to Ground 'Worm Filler' In Patties and opened thusly: These reports played on an old (and false) urban legend dating back to the 1970s and claiming that McDonald's has used worm meat in their hamburgers at times, ostensibly to increase profits by substituting cheaper worm filler for more expensive real beef. Even as pure folklore, that legend didn't hold up from a logical scrutiny: Needless to say, no such finding was made by the CDC in January 2016 (or at any other time). Breaking13news is one of several fly-by-night satire news sites that publishes clickbait fake news stories with no actual satirical bent to them. Like many of its ilk, the site bears no disclaimer informing readers its articles are entirely fabricated. The site similarly snared social media users in November 2015 with a false report that 53 people had been killed in a Halloween hatchet massacre aboard the Queen Mary. (en)
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