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Fisher Capital Management World News: Fake 'Harry Potter' news causes Facebook freakout
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http://technolog.
msnbc.
msn.
com/_news/2011/05/30/6750046-fake-harry-potter-newscauses-facebook-freakout
By Suzanne Choney
People put all kinds of news on Facebook ? personal news, real news and then
there s The Onion news (which is...
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http://technolog.
msnbc.
msn.
com/_news/2011/05/30/6750046-fake-harry-potter-newscauses-facebook-freakout
By Suzanne Choney
People put all kinds of news on Facebook ? personal news, real news and then
there s The Onion news (which is totally fake and fun).
But not everyone gets that
The Onion is a spoof, and with Facebook s water-cooler factor, "bad news" can
spread fast and upset the masses, especially when it s about a well-known boy
wizard by the name of "Harry Potter.
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When an Onion posting about the "Final Minutes of Last Harry Potter Movie To Be
Split Into Seven Separate Films" hit the social networking site, some took the joke
to heart, protesting mightily on Facebook.
That s where a new website, "Literally
Unbelievable" stepped in to help sort the out the Wizards from the Muggles, so to
speak, and bring the truth to the fore.
Hudson Hongo, a 24-year-old writer, started the site May 20 specifically to
showcase "stories from The Onion as interpreted by Facebook.
" The impetus
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