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DeTect: Satirical article of ‘masked’ Taliban shared as news

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A screenshot of an alleged news article was shared by a politician recently who wrote “Corona Warriors of Kabul”. The news story in the image is titled, “CNN Praises Taliban for Wearing Masks During Attack”. Alt News found that a screenshot of an article published by a satirical portal was shared by people who believed it to be true. Screenshots of articles by this website have gone viral in the past as well.

First published on www.altnews.in

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