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01/31/2017 / By News Editors

Daily Beast falls for fake news on parody site while reporting on Quebec Mosque Shooting

The Daily Beast wrongfully accused two fictitious white supremacists as the prime suspects in the Quebec City mosque shooting Sunday night after falling for a bogus Reuters Twitter account. (Article by Scott Greer from Dailycaller.com) Late Sunday night, an unverified account pretending to be Reuters tweeted, “Authorities have identified the suspects in #Quebec City shooting as white supremacists David […]

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