[Netherrealmer]

Here are some of the worst one that I found.



I will never remember the Iranian headlines that the cause of all Earthquakes and natural disasters are women who dresses skimpy clothing and that all these natural disasters will end if all women will hear hijab and Abaya.

In a North Korean News, They celebrated a troll post from Onion that King Jong Un is the sexiest man of the year.

There is also this article about this teenage girl who sued a Swimming pool resort because she got virgin pregnancy because sperms are swimming in the water.

[peachpurple]

These are indeed ridiculous news that i had ever read and do not make sense at all. Simply due to people resorting to fake news in order to garner views

[Netherrealmer]

I will not name a country so I wont offen the residents but there is a country who got manipulated by fake news that says their President is confirmed by Nasa to be the best in the universe. People fell for it.

[Lushh]

Fake News vs Satire starring The Onion

The founding editor (The Onion) said he's sick and tired of fake news sites (and spreaders) claiming to be satire. He claims that they are using the satire platform as a crutch for their lies. And by the way, The Onion is authentic in its presentation of information. All else is fraud aka fake news. Right? Right! 😂 He said if someone takes seriously the writings in The Onion it's because such a one doesn't know better. I agree! Who uses this outlet as their main source of news? Unfortunately quite a number, many of whom have the ways and means to know better (clunk, clunk). This is true that many folks share content from here and try to convince others that it's for real.

The worst ones (fake news) I remember were all spread through Facebook. One of them reported that Donald Trump (former US President) was trying to get Mike Pence (former US Vice President) impeached. Another one was that Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (US Rep) had proposed a ban on motorcycles. The sad thing about fake news is that some folks want to believe the misinformation so much that they won't bother to verify its authenticity.

[Dora Wi]

Your example about Kim Jong Un reminded me of a wall calendar that was published in Russia full of a shirtless Putin posing in heroic settings. It's not fake news, but it's memorable

An actual piece of fake news I remember very clearly was the news that Donald Trump died from a heart attack not long after he was elected. There were even pictures that looked very convincing. They had me for a minute.