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Sham U.S. news site spreads false claims about Kamala Harris

A website claiming to be a local San Francisco news outlet named KBSF-TV published a baseless claim on Monday alleging that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in a June 2011 hit-and-run incident that left a 13-year-old girl paralyzed. Harris was California’s attorney general at the time, and has been a longtime Bay Area resident.

Analysis of the article and site indicate the story is false; public records and news reports show no evidence of the hit-and-run incident. The San Francisco Police Department told CBS News that they could not find records of the incident. A CBS News analysis of a video that accompanied the article found it contained several photos from other unrelated news stories.

Despite this, the story spread widely on social media before the site disappeared. Posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, that featured the article and video amassed more than 7 million views, and the story was also shared on Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. Pro-Russian channels on Telegram, the popular messaging app European officials are investigating for alleged criminal activity on the platform, also shared the story and video.

garretble ,
@garretble@lemmy.world avatar

A news site masquerading as legit?

So……………Fox News?

Gerudo ,

That was literally my first guess.

troglodytis ,

KBSF-TV

That’s fucking funny. Silly humans

charade_you_are ,

If it’s effective, why don’t certain people just start publishing stories about Trump secretly supporting abortion rights and performing abortions himself for fun? He really grabs these women by the pussy.

halcyoncmdr ,
@halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world avatar

Because evidence doesn’t matter to his base. They don’t believe anything negative about him, all of it is lies. Likewise they believe everything bad about his enemies.

Their beliefs are not rational. They are based entirely on emotion, not facts or reason. And they hold those beliefs so strongly that they identify as part of themselves. That belief cannot be shaken, because it means that part of them was wrong as well, and that couldn’t possibly be right. They would have to actually self-reflect, and they’re incapable of that.

Stupidmanager ,

I just saw a text on my moms phone, stating Kamala was paying to have Trump put in jail.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2a05ae2c-90a8-47d2-a77d-dab747339ee3.jpeg

kescusay ,
@kescusay@lemmy.world avatar

Is she the sort of person who falls for crap like that? If so, I’m sorry you have to put up with it.

imPastaSyndrome ,

Oh no the news was so breaking your phone!

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@quokk.au avatar

Yes?

This is called fake news, it’s been an issue in politics globally for a few years now. How is this one particular instance of it more newsworthy than any other?

NocturnalMorning ,

Wait, you mean actual fake news, and not the news outlets Trump just calls fake news regularly?

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@quokk.au avatar

Yes, this is literally real fake news.

Fake news or information disorder is false or misleading information (misinformation, including disinformation, propaganda, and hoaxes) presented as news. Fake news often has the aim of damaging the reputation of a person or entity, or making money through advertising revenue.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news

remotelove ,
@remotelove@lemmy.ca avatar

Yeah, it’s important to realize that the term “fake news” used by Trump was used in Nazi Germany style: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lying_press

EleventhHour ,
@EleventhHour@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3110ed0e-6875-4365-8120-5ae30837a251.jpeg

xmunk ,

Imagine that… it spread widely on X before being taken down.

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Same thing happened to a sitting city council member in Portland, except that story was leaked by the head of the police union.

opb.org/…/portland-mayor-fires-police-officer-lea…

MyOpinion ,

How can this be we know little baby hands Putin supports Kamala Harris /s

nokturne213 ,

A website claiming to be a local San Francisco news outlet named KBSF-TV published a baseless claim on Monday alleging that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in a June 2011 hit-and-run incident that left a 13-year-old girl paralyzed. Harris was California’s attorney general at the time, and has been a longtime Bay Area resident.

Analysis of the article and site indicate the story is false; public records and news reports show no evidence of the hit-and-run incident. The San Francisco Police Department told CBS News that they could not find records of the incident. A CBS News analysis of a video that accompanied the article found it contained several photos from other unrelated news stories.

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