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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.
Fake news websites target United States audiences by using disinformation to create or inflame controversial topics such as the 2016 election. [1][2] Most fake news websites target readers by impersonating or pretending to be real news organizations, which can lead to legitimate news organizations further spreading their message. [3]
70 News. 70news.wordpress.com. A WordPress -hosted site that published a false news story, stating that Donald Trump had won the popular vote in the 2016 United States presidential election; the fake story rose to the top in searches for "final election results" on Google News. [8] [9] A Folha Brasil.
Fake news is false or misleading information presented as news. [6][12] The term as it developed in 2017 is a neologism (a new or re-purposed expression that is entering the language, driven by culture or technology changes). [13]
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.
Much of the fake news during the 2016 U.S. presidential election season was traced to adolescents in North Macedonia, [20] [92] specifically Veles. It is a town of 50,000 in the middle of the country, with high unemployment, where the average wage is $4,800. [93] The income from fake news was characterized by NBC News as a gold rush. [93]
Terminology. According to the website of the Cambridge English Dictionary, the term fake news "is that something is believable no matter what¨ which is seen as damaging to an agency, entity, or person. [better source needed] However, is by no means restricted to politics, and seems to have currency in terms of general news." [1]
The People's Voice (formerly known as NewsPunch and Your News Wire) is an American fake news website [1] based in Los Angeles. The site was founded as Your News Wire [5] [11] [12] in 2014 by Sean Adl-Tabatabai and his husband, Sinclair Treadway. [3] [6] [13] In November 2018, it rebranded itself as NewsPunch. [11]