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Breitbarted! [BUSINESSINSIDER.COM] “Conservative news site Breitbart.com duped by fake story that Paul Krugman declared dankruptcy. A satirical item published last week purporting that economist Paul Krugman had filed for bankruptcy has spread to Boston.com and the conservative website Breitbart this morning.
The item originated in The Daily Currant, a satirical news site. Austria’s Format online magazine picked it up, and their report was subsequently cited by Boston.com [It has since been taken down 404 error.]. Then it spread to Breitbart.
It has since been taken down this morning, but here’s a screenshot:”
“Krugman responded [NYTimes.com] to the mix-up this morning, writing on his blog that he knew of the fake news item and was asked about it by a Russian television station. He wrote that he did not address it on his blog because he “wanted to wait and see which right-wing media outlets would fall for the hoax.”
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