Last updated on February 26th, 2020 at 07:30 am
QUESTIONABLE SOURCE
A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for the purpose of profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact checked on a per article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable sources.
- Overall, we rate Breakingnews247.com Questionable based on the ability to create fake news that can be shared on the internet.
Detailed Report
Reasoning: Fake News
Country: Unknown
History
Founded 2016, Breakingnews247.net is a website that allows users to generate fake news. According to their about page they state “This is an entertainment site, the news is created by users. These are humorous, fantasy, fictional news that should not be taken seriously or serve as a source of information.” The website’s header says “Prank Your Friends.” This website is identical to the the Spanish version 12minutos.com.
Funded by / Ownership
Breakingnews247.net does not disclose ownership or how they are funded.
Analysis / Bias
In review, Breakingnews247.net is a website that is very similar to React365 in that you create a title, write in some text and upload a photo that will then generate a web page that you can share. People can make up anything they want.
Overall, we rate Breakingnews247.net Questionable based on the ability to create fake news that can be shared on the internet. (D. Van Zandt 5/2/2019)
Source: http://www.breakingnews247.net/
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