There is a ton of money to be made in the fake news department

Originally published at: https://eduk8.me/2017/02/emergence-false-news/

By: filipe ferreira Paul Horner, the 38-year-old impresario of a Facebook fake-news empire, has made his living off viral news hoaxes for several years. He has twice convinced the Internet that he’s British graffiti artist Banksy; he also published the very viral, very fake news of a Yelp vs. “South Park” lawsuit last year. But in recent…