Recently there has been some buzz that Florida had supposedly legalized the recreational use of marijuana. This claim is indeed fake news. The source originated from "a link to what appeared to be an ADC News article," stating that a bill had been passed that would make the use of cabanas legal in the state, (LaCapria). The media outlet Snopes was quick to call the bluff, stating how "the item was hosted on ABCNews-us.com," which is a fake news site created to trick people into believing that it has some affiliation to the real ABC News outlet; "the actual domain for that outlet is ABCnews.go.com," (LaCaprai). This is another example of how websites will have a very similar domain name so they can try and fool the public into thinking it is a real story. Fake news can be very sneaky especially when paired with a tricky website name. [1 image, 1 link, 2 quotations, 149 words].
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