Facebook Removes Fake Article About Megyn Kelly From Trending Topics (theverge.com)

Less than a week after Facebook announced that it is changing the way it handles the Trending Topics section on the social networking website, a fake article about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly was found trending on Facebook. The article, headlined "Breaking: Fox News Exposes Traitor Megyn Kelly, Kicks Her Out for Backing Hillary" comes from a conspiracy theory website, which has more than 200,000 likes on Facebook. Its Megyn Kelly story was the topic of discussion for many across the world. The article is obviously fake. The other cited source for this trending topic was an outlet called "Conservating101"

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[Anonymous Coward]

 

Those responsible

[alvinrod]

Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.

Conservating101

[__aaclcg7560]

The Republican Party in California has more in common with the endangered spotted owl than 1/10th of US population. One is toilet paper, the other is reality.

Whatever else needs to be said,

[Black Parrot]

You've got to admit that the internet makes election years way less stuffy than they used to be.