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The Buffalo Chronicle is a disinformation website that produced some of the most-read “fake news” articles during Canada’s 2019 presidential election. If they’re the only ones reporting it, it’s likely not accurate. https://twitter.com/celentra/status/1325588860127080449
Here’s Canadaland’s take on the Buffalo Chronicle... https://www.canadaland.com/the-buffalo-chronicle-is-not-reliable/
And of course we covered the Buffalo Chronicle at National Observer... https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/10/10/news/fake-justin-trudeau-sex-scandal-went-viral-canadas-election-integrity-law-cant-stop
Buzzfeed covered the Buffalo Chronicle’s chronic mis/disinformation problem, too (and Facebook’s failed response to it). http://www.buzzfeednews.com/craigsilverman/facebook-let-the-buffalo-chronicle-run-ads-for-trudeau
“At first glance [Buffalo Chronicle’s website] looks like that of a newspaper’s, but there are certain tells – like a lack of bylines on stories, a reliance on unnamed sources & a “writers” page featuring exactly zero writers – that should be red flags...” https://ipolitics.ca/2019/10/15/facebook-not-budging-on-removing-widely-spread-fabricated-trudeau-hit-pieces/
It’s probably also worth pointing out that the publisher of the Buffalo Chronicle is a Tea Party activist who in 2018 encouraged Roger Stone to run for Speaker of the House.
https://buffalochronicle.com/2018/06/09/roger-stone-should-run-for-speaker-of-the-house-says-tea-party-leader/
https://buffalochronicle.com/2018/06/09/roger-stone-should-run-for-speaker-of-the-house-says-tea-party-leader/
