Trump story is a fake
The Fox News home page included a big, breaking story about how Donald Trump left a waitress in Santa Monica a $10,000 tip. Defamer, E! Online and the Huffington Post also posted the story, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.
Problem is the story was a hoax. Even the signed receipt that allegedly documented Trump's big gift was made up.
The story is traced to back derober.com, a celebrity gossip site that alters photos of the rich and famous. When Fox asked for a response from the site, which is run by two brothers from Venice Beach, here's what they had to say:
“We can’t believe a credible news source, such as Foxnews would feature a story for an entire day without doing their homework. If foxnews would have checked out the rest of derober.com, they would have realized that derober is a satirical celebrity gossip blog that features PHOTOSHOPPED photos."
The Los Angeles Times wrote a story explaining the hoax. Read it here.
Problem is the story was a hoax. Even the signed receipt that allegedly documented Trump's big gift was made up.
The story is traced to back derober.com, a celebrity gossip site that alters photos of the rich and famous. When Fox asked for a response from the site, which is run by two brothers from Venice Beach, here's what they had to say:
“We can’t believe a credible news source, such as Foxnews would feature a story for an entire day without doing their homework. If foxnews would have checked out the rest of derober.com, they would have realized that derober is a satirical celebrity gossip blog that features PHOTOSHOPPED photos."
The Los Angeles Times wrote a story explaining the hoax. Read it here.
Labels: Defamer, derober.com, Donald Trump, E Online, Fox, hoax, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, Santa Monica, waitress
posted by Kelly Carr at
12/10/2007 03:03:00 PM
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