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  • 2016-08-12 (xsd:date)
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  • Early Morning Explosion in DC Allegedly Leaves Yet Another DNC Staffer Dead (en)
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  • On 11 August 2016 the web site Christian Times Newspaper published an article reporting that YET ANOTHER DNC staffer was killed in a mysterious explosion at a Maryland apartment complex: The story built upon an actual explosion in Silver Springs, Maryland, that killed two people, but the 10 August 2016 incident did not involve any DNC staffers. The Christian Times Newspaper crafted a fabricated story connecting rumors about the real-life death of Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich in Washington, D.C. (and other recent deaths of persons tenuously linked to Hillary Clinton) to an unrelated explosion in Maryland. Rich was gunned down on 10 July 2016, and the number of conspiracy theories surrounding his unsolved murder have compounded his family's grief. The Christian Times Newspaper web site (not to be confused with the legitimate Christian Times newspaper) is one of many online fake news outlets than spins fabrications for profit. The claim about a DNC staffer dying in a mysterious explosion wasn't the first fake Christian Times Newspaper story to achieve social media traction. Previous efforts from the site include claims Hillary Clinton described the death of the gorilla Harambe as a function of racism, and spread a rumor that hacker Guccifer died in his jail cell under mysterious cirumstances. (en)
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