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Left-wing media fooled by fake news item about married twins
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Apr 16, 2017, 5:54:12 PM4/16/17
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about-married-twins/
A ridiculous story about a married couple finding out they were twins on a
fake news site was picked up by many news outlets.
It was a story that seemed almost too ridiculous to be true: a married
couple found out they were biological twins after trying to get pregnant
via in-vitro fertilization. And as it turns out, it was, although many
mainstream media sources out there are still running with what is now
obviously a fake story.
The story, run by a online news site called the Mississippi Herald, claims
that a husband and wife were given up for adoption at a young age, but
were never told they were twins due to some filing error. When they
attempted to conceive at an IVF clinic, a lab assistant who ran their DNA
noticed they were similar and then further discovered they had been born
on the same day in 1984, according to the now-debunked story.
While more reputable sites like the New York Times or Washington Post
don’t appear to be running with this nonsense story, many other widely
read news outlets like the Mirror and the Daily Mail ran with it. Even Fox
News ran a Sun article on their site.
The Mississippi Herald sounds very much like the actual local newspaper,
the Sun-Herald, but the Mirror contacted the real newspaper and asked
them. They confirmed the site was not theirs.
The story should have immediately raised red flags. The Mississippi Herald
website has all the looks of a spam website, with its basic design and
lack of any information whatsoever about its writers, as well as no
contact information other than a basic form you have to fill out.
The story relies on anonymous sources due for confidentiality purposes, it
claims.
“My first reaction was that they must have been related; perhaps they were
first cousins, which does happen sometimes. However, looking closer at the
samples, I noticed there were too many similarities,” the doctor said
according to the story. “With this in mind, I was convinced that both
patients were fraternal twins.”
Here are what a few online news sites said about the story once they
realized it was fake
Scallywag & Vagabond: A Mississippi married couple have received a shock
of their lifetimes after being informed they were biological twins after
visiting an IVF clinic. Nevertheless further research may have led to the
since ‘viral story’ being another instance of fake news and news media
ongoing failure to check verifiable sources along with the temptation to
fabricate facts for hits for the sake of advertising revenue.
Metro: A viral story about a married couple only realising they were
biological twins after trying IVF has been revealed to be fake. National
news publications around the world carried the article yesterday,
including Metro.co.uk. However, doubts have now been raised about the
legitimacy of the original news outlet to publish the claims.
Mirror: A viral story about a couple who apparently found out they were
twins through IVF appears to be fake. The article was published by the
‘Mississippi Herald’ on Thursday and was soon picked up by news outlets
around the world, including the Mirror.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party has run out of gas.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for ending the disaster of the
Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
about-married-twins/
A ridiculous story about a married couple finding out they were twins on a
fake news site was picked up by many news outlets.
It was a story that seemed almost too ridiculous to be true: a married
couple found out they were biological twins after trying to get pregnant
via in-vitro fertilization. And as it turns out, it was, although many
mainstream media sources out there are still running with what is now
obviously a fake story.
The story, run by a online news site called the Mississippi Herald, claims
that a husband and wife were given up for adoption at a young age, but
were never told they were twins due to some filing error. When they
attempted to conceive at an IVF clinic, a lab assistant who ran their DNA
noticed they were similar and then further discovered they had been born
on the same day in 1984, according to the now-debunked story.
While more reputable sites like the New York Times or Washington Post
don’t appear to be running with this nonsense story, many other widely
read news outlets like the Mirror and the Daily Mail ran with it. Even Fox
News ran a Sun article on their site.
The Mississippi Herald sounds very much like the actual local newspaper,
the Sun-Herald, but the Mirror contacted the real newspaper and asked
them. They confirmed the site was not theirs.
The story should have immediately raised red flags. The Mississippi Herald
website has all the looks of a spam website, with its basic design and
lack of any information whatsoever about its writers, as well as no
contact information other than a basic form you have to fill out.
The story relies on anonymous sources due for confidentiality purposes, it
claims.
“My first reaction was that they must have been related; perhaps they were
first cousins, which does happen sometimes. However, looking closer at the
samples, I noticed there were too many similarities,” the doctor said
according to the story. “With this in mind, I was convinced that both
patients were fraternal twins.”
Here are what a few online news sites said about the story once they
realized it was fake
Scallywag & Vagabond: A Mississippi married couple have received a shock
of their lifetimes after being informed they were biological twins after
visiting an IVF clinic. Nevertheless further research may have led to the
since ‘viral story’ being another instance of fake news and news media
ongoing failure to check verifiable sources along with the temptation to
fabricate facts for hits for the sake of advertising revenue.
Metro: A viral story about a married couple only realising they were
biological twins after trying IVF has been revealed to be fake. National
news publications around the world carried the article yesterday,
including Metro.co.uk. However, doubts have now been raised about the
legitimacy of the original news outlet to publish the claims.
Mirror: A viral story about a couple who apparently found out they were
twins through IVF appears to be fake. The article was published by the
‘Mississippi Herald’ on Thursday and was soon picked up by news outlets
around the world, including the Mirror.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party has run out of gas.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for ending the disaster of the
Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
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