Thursday 28 December 2017

Roy Moore Winning Alabama Senate Seat Over Doug Jones Is Fake News


Roy Moore winning the Alabama Senate seat in the close election race with Doug Jones is fake news. There is no truth to a report that Moore won the special election for the Senate seat left vacant by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Where did this fake news originate? Potatriot Post published the fake news article reporting that Moore won the Alabama Senate seat.


An email from the Alabama Secretary of State to the Roy Moore campaign has been leaked to the Associated Press. A staffer in the main newsroom told our reporter in the field that they should have the second verification they need to release the news by 10 AM Friday that Roy Moore has won the Alabama special election.


The news, which will come as a shock to many, is exactly what Moore was expecting once the votes of American patriots in the military came in and the reason why he refused to concede the race to Jones.


However, there is no truth to the above story. Rather, Alabama officials on Dec. 28, 2017 pushed aside a legal challenge from Moore and certified Jones as the winner of this month’s Senate election. An Alabama judge dismissed Moore’s last minute lawsuit to delay certification of the Alabama special election results until a “thorough” investigation of “potential election fraud” was conducted.


The New York Times reported that Jones’s margin of victory was 21,924 votes, with more than 1.3 million ballots cast. Moore has not conceded his losses in the 2006 or 2010 Republican primaries for governor, and there is speculation that he might run for governor or attorney general.


“As I said on election night, our victory marks a new chapter for our state and the nation,” Jones said. “I will be an independent voice and work to find common ground with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get Washington back on track and fight to make our country a better place for all.”


Potatriot Post carries the following satire disclaimer at the bottom of each article:


sat·ire ~ˈsaˌtī(ə)r

noun

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, OR ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

If you disagree with the definition of satire or have decided it is synonymous with “comedy,” you should really just move along.


The fake news article was later stolen by a “real” fake news website by the name of “patriotunited.club” which Hoax Alert noted is part of a network of sites that has previously stolen content from other sites. Patriotunited does not include a satire disclaimer with the content.


Here are some reactions on social media to Moore’s lawsuit and the certification.
















What did you think of the fake news that Moore won the Alabama Senate seat? Did you believe the fake news or see people sharing it falsely on social media? Let us know in the comments section.


Photo Credit: @MooreSenate



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