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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaul Horner, key distributor of fake news during 2016 election, dies at 38
A leading purveyor of fake news in the 2016 presidential election has died outside Phoenix at the age of 38.
A Maricopa County sheriffs office spokesman, Mark Casey, said on Tuesday authorities had discovered Paul Horner dead in his bed on 18 September.
Casey said the Maricopa County medical examiner had performed an autopsy which showed there were no signs of foul play. He said Horner had a history of prescription drug abuse and that evidence at the scene suggested this could be an accidental overdose.
Horner was known for writing false stories and disseminating internet hoaxes that often went viral on Facebook and hoodwinked thousands of people.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/27/paul-horner-dead-fake-news-trump
SHRED
(28,136 posts)"He's dead...good".
Eliot Rosewater
(34,282 posts)Same accidental stuff seems to happen a lot lately to people associated with Putin
