MMMM # 570 --- Real Fake News & Murderd J-Student

    Lots of newspapers and other news outlets---including FOX--- couldn't resists the story: a couple IN MISSISSIPPI (it may as well have been Alabama) discovered they were TWINS when they went for IVF treatment.

Admittedly, most of the "news outlets" are websites like my own, with no editors fact checking etc. But still, FOX and other large news sites also took the bait. We'll be watching to see if any actual source of the fake news is discovered. Here are the parties who fell for it. The last story listed brands it a fraud...i.e. FAKE NEWS. Some of the outlets below changed the story after the truth came out, without admitting they had fallen for it, including FOX:


FOX:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/15/couple-finds-out-are-biological-twins-during-ivf-treatment.html


Full coverage

Married couple told they are biological twins while visiting IVF clinic after struggling to conceive Mirror.co.uk - ‎15 hours ago‎ A married couple who were struggling to conceive were revealed to be biological twins after a routine DNA test at a fertility clinic raised suspicion. The man and woman, who cannot be named for confidentiality reasons, were hoping to try IVF but the ... Husband and wife discover they are biological twins after IVF clinic performs routine DNA test Evening Standard - ‎14 hours ago‎ A married couple discovered they were biological twins after getting a routine DNA test at an IVF clinic because they were struggling to conceive naturally. The couple, who met in college, had attended the clinic in Mississippi in the hope that it ... Married couple struggling to conceive discover they're actually twins Metro - ‎14 hours ago‎ A married couple discovered they are twins when they went to a fertility clinic to find out why they were struggling to have children. Their doctor was forced to break the heartbreaking news to the pair, who were separated at a young age when their ... Married couple discover they are biological twins after IVF clinic visit to start family International Business Times UK - ‎9 hours ago‎ A Mississippi couple who were trying to conceive discovered they were brother and sister after DNA tests at a fertility clinic. A doctor at the IVF centre in Jackson, told the Mississippi Herald how the information came to light. More from IBTimes UK. People always said this Mississippi couple looked like twins, but they had no idea how true that was Rare.us - ‎3 hours ago‎ An unidentified Mississippi couple who had been struggling to conceive naturally visited an in vitro fertilization clinic to explore their options, but doctors there made a startling discovery. After taking a routine DNA sample from each of them ... Mississippi married couple told they are biological twins Daily Mail - ‎11 hours ago‎ A married couple were told they were biological twins after they visited an IVF clinic because they were struggling to conceive a child. A Jackson, Mississippi, fertility doctor informed the unidentified pair that they were biological twins after he ... Couple Discovers They Are Biological Twins After DNA Test Information Nigeria - ‎5 hours ago‎ A US married couple are in shock after a DNA test revealed that they are biological twins. The couple, who were struggling to conceive a child, had visited a fertility clinic, but during the in vitro fertilisation process the doctor discovered there ... Husband & Wife discover they are biological twins after DNA test Nigeria Today - ‎5 hours ago‎ A US married couple are in shock after a DNA test revealed that they are biological twins. Do you something awesome to share with the world? Click here to share. According to PUNCH. 'The couple, who were struggling to conceive a child, had visited a ... Viral story about 'married couple who found out they were twins through IVF' appears to be fake Mirror.co.uk - ‎15 hours ago‎ A viral story about a couple who apparently found out they were twins through IVF appears to be fake. The article was published by the 'Mississippi Herald' on Thursday and was soon picked up by news outlets around the world, including mirror.co.uk. ====================================================================== DEATH A College Journalism student in Pakistan was murdered because he may have expressed "liberal" views. - "Students had previously complained to university authorities about the murdered student's alleged secular and liberal views and Khan had been in a heated debate during a class the day he was killed. Blasphemy is a sensitive subject in Pakistan, where punishment for the crime ranges from a fine to a mandatory death sentence, depending on the specific offense." ============================================= PLUS: The Montgomery Advertiser is not the first, nor the last newspaper to imply guilt in a headline, but The Advertiser has incorporated it as a regular feature with this headline: Busted: Latest mugshots from Montgomery jail There an implication of guilt in that first word. What does "busted" mean if not "caught in the act". Not if you really presume innocence. These are suspects, not people who have done something wrong. [The Monday Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of www.TimLennox.com]  Launched in 2007.