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This fake-news writer says he makes over $10,000 per month, and thinks he helped get Donald Trump elected
One of the original kings of fake news thinks he might have helped get Trump elected, and he’s not happy about it.
38-year-old Paul Horner, who runs a network of viral fake-news site (he calls them satire), has been making a living off the practice for years. And he’s big. He says he makes $10,000 per month from Google’s AdSense alone, the source of most of his revenue.
But Horner says that with the rise of Trump, fake news has reached a whole new level.
“It’s real scary,” he told The Washington Post. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“My sites were picked up by Trump supporters all the time,” Horner continued. “I think Trump is in the White House because of me. His followers don’t fact-check anything — they will post everything, believe anything.(True) His campaign manager posted my story about a protester getting paid $3,500 as fact. Like, I made that up. I posted a fake ad on Craigslist.” (I remember USMB posters quoting his article and biting on the Craigslist ad. laugh.
This fake-news writer says he makes over $10,000 per month, and thinks he helped get Donald Trump elected
One of the original kings of fake news thinks he might have helped get Trump elected, and he’s not happy about it.
38-year-old Paul Horner, who runs a network of viral fake-news site (he calls them satire), has been making a living off the practice for years. And he’s big. He says he makes $10,000 per month from Google’s AdSense alone, the source of most of his revenue.
But Horner says that with the rise of Trump, fake news has reached a whole new level.
“It’s real scary,” he told The Washington Post. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“My sites were picked up by Trump supporters all the time,” Horner continued. “I think Trump is in the White House because of me. His followers don’t fact-check anything — they will post everything, believe anything.(True) His campaign manager posted my story about a protester getting paid $3,500 as fact. Like, I made that up. I posted a fake ad on Craigslist.” (I remember USMB posters quoting his article and biting on the Craigslist ad. laugh.
This fake-news writer says he makes over $10,000 per month, and thinks he helped get Donald Trump elected
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