Man behind a satirical Facebook account promoting fake news has a message
Multiple news outlets across the globe have been reporting the following story: How a man claiming to be Ed Sheeran is wanted by an Ohio “fugitive task force” for fraud, after allegedly performing at a few local churches and asking for money in return.Portsmouth Ohio Official is a Facebook page where the story, along with other made-up events, was planted on Monday. And although the page is identified as a Satire/Parody account, thousands of people took the post as truth.
On Wednesday evening, the satirical Facebook page revealed that the police have had nothing to do with it. “I thought it was hilariously ironic that a lot of people in middle America would constantly rant about news organizations being ‘fake news’ but then turn around and share a meme about how it’s been proven that flu vaccines turn babies into werewolves or whatever. Whatever fits their agenda,” Bradshaw, who works as an anti-opioid youth advocate, says. “I decided to create a page to see how much traction I could get with outrageous posts.
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