Friday, May 5, 2017

Fake News Gone Mad

Fake news is now easy and anonymous. And anyone can do it. About anyone.


Websites like Channel22News.com allows users to write stories then publish them to the Internet without any attribution. Fake stories like this:




Expect to see the worst things imaginable. And sadly, all your stupid friends will believe it.


As for who owns the website, a Whois lookup provided the following information:





Share widely if you want something done about this nuisance. Corey Scherer must be stopped.

Update: Already, legitimate sites such as Trendolizer are picking up and distributing fake stories from Channel22news.com.