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[-] Alerian@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 year ago

They do actually rewrite it slightly each time they repost it, even though the title is the same

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago

They just change the date, city, number of victims, and then change the fake person's name for the quote. The rest stays exactly the same.

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's how all news sites do it now

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

But in this case it's part of the point of the repeating article that the article is nearly identical every time

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