Fake CNN, Vice Headlines Claim White Supremacists Behind GameStop Trading Frenzy

The headlines are not from genuine news reports; representatives from CNN and Vice said that they never published such reports Multiple Facebook posts purport to show real headlines from CNN and VICE News articles apparently reporting on white supremacist links to the GameStop trading frenzy. However, the headlines are not from genuine news reports; representatives from both media organisations told AFP Fact Check that they never published such reports and that the names listed on the byline do not match that of any of their employees. Multiple Facebook pages, for example here on January 28, 2021, posted an image purportedly showing the headlines about about GameStop. The posts surfaced after a trading frenzy that saw shares in the video game store soar after amateur investors joined forces on social media to make massive share purchases in the struggling firm that wealthy hedge funds had bet against. Also Read: Did Italian Police Arrest Scores Of Paedophile Cardinals In Vatican? The image shows the logo of US-based news channel CNN and a headline saying: “White Supremacist Internet Gamers buy Gamestop stocks to purposefully bankrupt Jewish Hedge Fund on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.” A keyword search did not turn up any results for the altered headline or the supposed author on CNN. The GameStop frenzy prompted Robinhood — a free app which aims to “democratize finance for all” — to restrict trading in GameStop, before reversing the decision following outrage from investors and lawmakers. Some social media users used anti-Semitic slurs to criticise Robinhood’s move, blaming Jews for “manipulating markets”, Newsweek reported.

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