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‘Satirical’ Story Gets Serious Treatment Online

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A bogus story fueling theories that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be arrested has been shared over 100,000 times on Facebook, but it started out as satire.


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A completely fabricated story promoting the unfounded claim that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are and other , according to data from CrowdTangle.

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