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Fake News Writer Found Dead
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/paul-horner-famous-fake-news-writer-found-dead-age-38-n805061
"A leading purveyor of fake news in the 2016 presidential election has died outside Phoenix at the age of 38.
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Mark Casey said Tuesday authorities discovered Paul Horner dead in his bed on Sept. 18.
Casey said the Maricopa County medical examiner performed an autopsy which showed there were no signs of foul play. He said Horner had a history of prescription drug abuse and that "evidence at the scene suggested this could be an accidental overdose."
Horner was known for writing false stories and disseminating internet hoaxes that often went viral on Facebook and hoodwinked thousands of people.
They included a story falsely claiming President Barack Obama was gay and a radical Muslim, and another saying protesters were being paid thousands of dollars to demonstrate at Donald Trump's campaign rallies.
Horner took on greater prominence during the presidential election when false stories were widely shared on social media during the race between Trump and Hillary Clinton.
In an interview with The Washington Post in 2016, Horner said he thought Trump won the White House because of him. Horner said Trump's supporters didn't fact-check his stories before posting them..."
"A leading purveyor of fake news in the 2016 presidential election has died outside Phoenix at the age of 38.
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Mark Casey said Tuesday authorities discovered Paul Horner dead in his bed on Sept. 18.
Casey said the Maricopa County medical examiner performed an autopsy which showed there were no signs of foul play. He said Horner had a history of prescription drug abuse and that "evidence at the scene suggested this could be an accidental overdose."
Horner was known for writing false stories and disseminating internet hoaxes that often went viral on Facebook and hoodwinked thousands of people.
They included a story falsely claiming President Barack Obama was gay and a radical Muslim, and another saying protesters were being paid thousands of dollars to demonstrate at Donald Trump's campaign rallies.
Horner took on greater prominence during the presidential election when false stories were widely shared on social media during the race between Trump and Hillary Clinton.
In an interview with The Washington Post in 2016, Horner said he thought Trump won the White House because of him. Horner said Trump's supporters didn't fact-check his stories before posting them..."
Clinton clan or the DNC get to him?
1 Comments
Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
I lost count of the number of times I pointed out to people that the stories they were sharing were fake, but nobody wanted to listen... Common sense flew out the window and if Trump supporters could sling dirt at Clinton or Clinton supporters could sling dirt at Trump, they were all happy. It's still going that way, almost a year later...
Let's just hope Election 2016 taught people some valuable lessons (and that the next President isn't so enamored with Twitter).
I lost count of the number of times I pointed out to people that the stories they were sharing were fake, but nobody wanted to listen... Common sense flew out the window and if Trump supporters could sling dirt at Clinton or Clinton supporters could sling dirt at Trump, they were all happy. It's still going that way, almost a year later...
Let's just hope Election 2016 taught people some valuable lessons (and that the next President isn't so enamored with Twitter).
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