Don't believe that 'Aretha Franklin is dead' tweet

The daily lesson on debunking fake news is from the textbook on verification. 

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Take this tweet, which went viral early this morning and is still live: 

It Is With Sad News That We Announce The Passing Of The Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin
1942-2017#RipArethaFranklin #ArethaFranklin http://pic.twitter.com/LPH571dlix

— Aretha Franklin (@ArethaFrankIinn) November 21, 2017

Fans on social media were literally freaking out. It didn't help that the fake Twitter account had the same profile and cover pictures of the official Aretha Franklin one, along with the description and link to her latest album: Read more...

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via Zero Tech Blog

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