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[-] Linuto@lemmy.world 55 points 6 months ago

This article came out in March of 2020

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 6 months ago

I wonder if anything else was going on in March of that year that might have caused it to slip people’s notice? Probably not.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 18 points 6 months ago

cough cough Nah, nothing cough wheeeeeeeze going on back then

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

uhhh wouldn't a lockdown make more people binge read news?

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 27 points 6 months ago

I wasn’t aware of this, and it’s a good article explaining how the forgers created these snippets, and why so many people fell for this. Thanks OP, it’s really interesting!

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Plot twist - it's a forgery too

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

News reposts should include (Year) at the end of the title.

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