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The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.
The best-known example is The Onion, the online version of which started in 1996. [1] These sites are not to be confused with fake news websites, which deliberately publish hoaxes in an attempt to profit from gullible readers. [2] [3] News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire ...
Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.
Starting in January 2016, this fake news site had spread many of its hoaxes online in just a few weeks. Cited story from World News Daily Report. ENH ENHLive.com Per PolitiFact. Copied false story from the Boston Tribune. enVolve En-volve.com Per FactCheck.org and PolitiFact. The Exposé: expose-news.com
Spread hoaxes since February 2016, including the false claim of a late-night motorcycle curfew. [9] [10] [8] Baltimore Gazette. baltimoregazette.com. Unrelated to Baltimore Gazette, a 19th-century newspaper. Possibly part of same network as Associated Media Coverage, another fake news site. [9] [11] Blog.VeteranTV.net.
Janick Murray-Hall, [1] Olivier Legault, [2] URL. worldnewsdailyreport .com. Launched. November 2013. World News Daily Report ( WNDR) was a satirical fake news website [3] [4] purporting to be an American Jewish Zionist newspaper based in Tel Aviv and dedicated to covering biblical archeology news and other mysteries around the globe. [5]
The mysterious UK firm AOG Technics is accused of falsifying paperwork for plane parts that ended up being sold to United, Southwest, Virgin, and American Airlines, at least.
City Slickers, Daily Mirror (1999–2000) Two financial journalists working on the City Slickers section of the Daily Mirror were convicted in 2005 for buying, tipping and then selling shares between 1999 and 2000, breaching the Financial Services Act. Investigations revealed James Hipwell and Anil Bhoyrul made at least £41,000 from those ...