Here is our daily recap of the hottest fake & odd news, satire, and hoaxes buzzing around social media today. Hot Fake News Featured: Ebola Vaccine Contains RFID Chip Fake news website National Report is known to publish outlandish stories, especially those involving RFID chips and Ebola. It should come as no surprise that the self-described “satire” website would combine both topics into a fake news post that claims a whistleblower revealed CDC plans to include RFID chips in an Ebola vaccine. The fake story contains quotes by an alleged CDC contractor named Brent Hopskins, who is quoted as saying that the implementation of RFID chips was part of a master plan by the US government to introduce martial law. A quote to conspiracy website Infowars is also included, perhaps as a way to provide some thin corroboration to the story. There is no plan to include RFID chips in a planned Ebola vaccine. The story making this assertion was published by the fake news website National Report. Rising: Las Vegas Legalizes Dog Fighting Yet another fake news website, Empire News, has posted a recent article in which it is claimed that Las Vegas casino owners were seeking to legalize dog fighting in [...]
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