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  • 2017-02-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Did President Trump Enact a 90-Day Ban on Childhood Vaccinations? (en)
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  • On 6 February 2017, the Houston Leader web site published an article reporting that President Trump had enacted a 90-day ban on childhood vaccinations via executive order: The articles included screenshots of two genuine tweets critical of vaccinations that were posted by President Trump years prior to his run for the presidency: Although the tweets were legitimate, the article's claim was not. President Trump's purported signing of a 90-day ban on childhood vaccinations would constitute a highly newsworthy development, yet not a single additional source reported any such order was signed. And the site on which it was hosted was only recently established, one major hallmark of fake news sites: The Houston Leader web site is one of a series of fake news sites that masquerade as real news sites by emulating the appearance of big-city newspapers. This fake web site should not be confused with that of the legitimate Houston-based news outlet The Leader. Although some posing-as-regional fake news outlets included disclaimers marking their content as fabricated, we were unable to locate any such notice on HoustonLeader.com. (en)
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