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Type of site Fake news,[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-fakenews-1> Politics, News and opinion Available in English Founder(s) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_founder> Sean Adl-Tabatabai, Sinclair Treadway URL newspunch.com, yournewswire.com Launched 2014 Current status Active *NewsPunch* is a Los Angeles <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles>-based fake news website <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news_website> known for spreading conspiracy theories <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theories>, political misinformation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation> and hoaxes, mixed in with real news stories.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-fakenews-1> Originally named *Your News Wire*,[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-:factcheck_org_list-4> [10] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-:0-10>[11] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-11> it was founded in 2014 by Sean Adl-Tabatabai and Sinclair Treadway.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-:02-2>[5] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-:12-5>[12] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-:hollywood_reporter-12> In November 2018, it rebranded itself as *NewsPunch*, and began redirecting yournewswire.com traffic to newspunch.com.[10] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-:0-10> A 2017 *BuzzFeed News <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed_News>* report identified *NewsPunch* as being the second-largest source of popular fake stories spread on Facebook <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook> that year,[5] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-:12-5> and a June 2018 Poynter <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poynter_Institute> analysis identified *NewsPunch* as being debunked over 80 times in 2017 and 2018 by Poynter-accredited factcheckers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factchecker> such as Snopes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snopes.com>, FactCheck.org <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FactCheck.org>, PolitiFact <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact>, and the Associated Press <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press>.[6] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-:22-6> The European Union <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union>'s East StratCom Task Force <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_StratCom_Team> has criticized *NewsPunch* for spreading Russian propaganda <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_propaganda>, a charge Adl-Tabatabai denies.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-:02-2> Regular contributors to *NewsPunch* include Adl-Tabatabai, a former BBC <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC> and MTV <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV> employee from London <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London> previously an employee of conspiracy theorist David Icke <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke>,[13] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-13> Adl-Tabatabai's mother Carol Adl, an alternative health <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicine> practitioner, and Baxter Dmitry, who had previously been posing as an unrelated Latvian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia> man using a stolen profile photo.[14] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-14>[15] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-15> Fake news stories *NewsPunch* has published false stories, including: - Stories pushing the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory>.[16] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-16>[17] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-17> *NewsPunch* was one of the first sites to propagate the conspiracy theory, publishing a falsified story that was later used as a basis for Pizzagate's viral <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_phenomenon> spread among the alt-right <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right>.[18] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-18> - Claims that the 2017 Las Vegas shootings <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting> and Manchester Arena bombings <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Arena_bombing> were false flags <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flags>.[19] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-19>[20] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-20> - Anti-vaccination <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine_controversies> hoaxes alleging that Bill Gates <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates> refused to vaccinate his children[21] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-21> and "admitted that vaccinations are designed so that governments can depopulate the world".[22] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-22> - Claims that Hillary Clinton <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton>'s popular vote victory in the 2016 United States Presidential election <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election> was the result of voter fraud <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud>.[23] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-23> - Allegations that Clinton was responsible for Anthony Bourdain <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain>'s suicide.[24] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-24> - False claims that Justin Trudeau <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau> was the love child <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_(family_law)> of Fidel Castro <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro>.[10] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsPunch#cite_note-:0-10> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 10:07 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Mitch Haley via Okietalk <okiet...@okiebenz.com> > Date: Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 8:44 AM > Subject: [Okietalk] Pulitzer prize for Dominion hacking > To: <okiet...@okiebenz.com> > Cc: <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> > > > Yes, the machines used in the Georgia runoff are connected to the > internet, right now. > Sorry, Poos. > > Funny, I can't find this news on any major AP members' websites. > > > https://newspunch.com/jovan-pulitzer-reveals-live-real-time-hacking-of-dominion-voting-systems-at-fulton-county-polling-station/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
